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FROM    THE    INTRODUCTION    OF    THE   ART   IN    1507    TO    THE 
BEGINNING    OF    THE    SEVENTEENTH    CENTURY 


BY 


ROBERT 

DICKSON,    L.R.C.S.E 

AND 

JOHN 

PHILIP    EDMOND 

Cambii^oc 

MACMILLAN   &   BOWES 

1890 

^\ 


.54484 


PREFACE 

T  T  appears  necessary  to  offer  a  few  words  of  explanation,  showing 
to  what  extent  the  authors  of  this  work  are  respectively 
responsible.  In  1876-78  Dr.  Dickson  contributed  to  "The 
Printers'  Register"  a  series  of  articles  under  the  title  of  "Early 
Scottish  Typography,"  but  failing  health  brought  them  to  an 
abrupt  termination.  These  articles  have  been  incorporated  with 
that  part  of  the  present  work  which  extends  from  the  commence- 
ment to  the  end  of  Chapter  XX.  It  was  Dr.  Dickson's  intention 
to  use  the  articles  in  some  such  way  as  the  present,  and,  in  order 
to  illustrate  the  subject,  he  caused  photo-type  blocks  of  facsimiles 
of  the  early  printing  to  be  prepared,  and  these,  together  with 
such  notes  as  he  had  gathered  for  the  continuation  of  the  work, 
were  placed  at  my  disposal  when  I  undertook  to  carry  out  this 
larger  design. 

In  i88r  Dr.  Dickson  published  a  tract,  entitled  "Who  was 
Scotland's  First  Printer?"  and  in  1885  a  book  on  the  same  subject, 
under  the  title  of  "Introduction  of  the  Art  of  Printing  into  Scotland." 
The  ground  traversed  in  those  two  books  has  been  necessarily 
retraced  in  this  work,  and  extracts  from  them  find  a  place  here ; 
for  it  appeared  desirable  to  retain  Dr.  Dickson's  account  of  our 
earliest  Scottish  printers,  rather  than  attempt  to  treat  the  subject 
anew. 


vi  Preface. 

]\Iy  work  on  the  first  twenty  chapters  has  been  mainly  editorial. 
I  have  used  everj-  effort  to  ensure  accuracy  by  checking  the 
collations,  and,  where  defective,  rewriting  the  descriptions  of  the 
books.  This  particularly  applies  to  such  books  as  Dr.  Dickson 
had  no  opportunity  of  examining.  Where  more  recent  information 
had  been  obtained  the  sentence,  paragraph,  or  chapter  affected 
thereby  was  recast  or  rewritten,  but  in  no  case  has  this  been  done 
without  good  cause  and  the  consent  of  Dr.   Dickson. 

For  the  second  part  of  the  work,  extending  from  Chapter  XXI. 
to  Chapter  XXXVIII.,  I  am  wholly  responsible.  Dr.  Dickson's 
notes  necessarily  formed  a  useful  basis  of  operation,  but  the 
descriptions  are  entirely  new,  and  in  nearly  every  case  taken 
directly  from  the  books  themselves.  Where  this  could  not  be 
effected,  the  descriptions  appear  as  mere  quotations  from  previous 
writers  on  the  subject,  and  as  such  are  duly  acknowledged.  I 
feel  deeply  conscious  of  many  defects  in  the  present  work,  and 
that  it  should  be  free  from  typographical  errors  is  scarcely  to  be 
expected,  but  I  must  leave  these  to  the  kind  indulgence  of  my 
readers.  The  work  has  been  conducted  amid  many  interruptions 
and  distractions,  and  the  printing  has  been  spread  over  a  long 
time,  delays  occurring  which  made  progress  impossible. 

The  period  at  which  I  have  closed  the  work  may  appear 
arbitrary,  but  my  reasons  for  doing  so  are  as  follows.  The  year 
1600  was  considered  at  first  suitable  for  a  break,  but  on  examination 
it  was  found  that  to  adopt  a  hard  and  fast  rule  would  exclude 
certain  works  of  three  printers.  It  was  then  decided  to  include 
all  printers  who  exercised  their  craft  in  Scotland  before  1601,  and 
by  this  means  it  was  possible  to  embrace  within  our  limits  Robert 


Preface.  vii 

Charteris,  whose  productions  are  of  interest  and  rarity,  and  whose 

succession   to   his   father  was  of  necessity  treated  of  in   an   earher 

part  of  the  work. 

In  conclusion,  we   most   cordially  thank  many  kind   friends   for 

assistance    during    the    progress    of    the    work.       To    Mr.    William 

Blades  we  are  indebted  in  a  very  special  manner  for  the  description 

printed  at  pages  36-42  ;  to  the  late  Mr.  Samuel  Christie  Miller  for 

his  courtesy  in  bringing  to  London  for  inspection  some  of  the  rare 

treasures    in    which    the    library    at    Britwell    Court    is  so   rich  ;    to 

Mr.    Alfred    H.    Huth    for    permitting    an    examination    of    several 

volumes  of  great  interest  and  rarity  ;  to  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl 

of  Erroll  for  allowing  an  examination  of  the  interesting  library  at 

Slains  Castle ;  to  the  Very  Rev.  the  President  of  St.  Mary's  College, 

Blairs,  for  permission  to  collate  the  very  scarce  early  Scotch  books 

in  his  keeping  ;  to  the  officials  of  the  British  Museum  and  the  Public 

Record  Office  for  their  unwearied  efforts  to  assist  in  researches  in 

the   great   national   collections  ;    to  the  librarians  of  the  Society  of 

Antiquaries,  the  Bodleian,   Cambridge  University,  Trinity  College, 

Cambridge,    the    Faculty    of    Advocates,    the    Universities    of   St. 

Andrews,    Aberdeen,     and     Edinburgh,  —  to    all    these    gentlemen 

thanks    are    due    for    valuable    assistance,    and    for    permission    to 

examine  the  books  under  their  care.       We  are  also    indebted    for 

welcome  suggestions  and  information  to  Principal  Geddes,  Aberdeen 

University,  Mr.  F.  Jenkinson,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Mr.  E. 

Gordon  Duff,  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  the  Rev.  W.   D.   Macray, 

Oxford,    Dr.    Thomas    Dickson,    H.  M.    General    Register    House, 

and  many  other  kind  friends. 

J.  P.  EDMOND. 

102  Percy  Road,  W. 

Sth  November,  lSS<p. 


CONTENTS 


Introductory 


CHAPTER   I. 


PACE 
I 


King  James  IV.  Patent 


CHAPTER  II. 


Walter  Chepman 


CHAPTER   III. 


13 


Androw  Myllar 


CHAPTER  IV. 


25 


Myllar  in  France 


CHAPTER   V. 


28 


CHAPTER  VI. 

Bibliographical  Notices  of  Myllar's  French  Works 


32 


CHAPTER   VII. 


Myllar  a  Practical  Printer 


43 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


The  Southgait  Press 


49 


CHAPTER   IX. 


Sarum  Service-Books 


83 


CHAPTER   X. 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary 


86 


Contents. 

CHAPTER  XI. 


John  Story 


I'AGE 
IOC 


CHAPTER  XH. 
Thomas  Davidson  ...-.----      105 

CHAPTER  XHI. 
Thomas  Davidson's  Undated  Works   -  -  -  -  -  -  -      121 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
The  Complaynt  of  Scotland    ...-..--      136 

CHAPTER  XV. 
John  Scot  ..........      ijo 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
John  Scot's  Dated  Works         ........      161 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
John  Scot's  Undated  Works     ........      iSj 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
Robert  Lekpreuik  .........      igs 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works       .......      207 

CHAPTER   XX. 
Robert  Lekpreuik's  Undated  Works  -  •  -  -  -  -      267 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
Thomas  Bassandvne        .........      273 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
Thomas  Bassandyne's  Works     ........      307 


Conlents.  xi 


CIIAl'TKR   XXIII. 
Alexander  Arbutiinet    ...--....      312 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 
Alexander  Arbutiinet's  Works  .......      320 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
John  Ross  .--..-.....      327 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
John  Ross's  Works  .........      33^ 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 
Henry  Charteris  .........      34S 

CHi^PTER  XXVIII. 
Henry  Charteris's  Works  ........      359 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

Thomas  Vautrollier        ■  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  .      377 

CHAPTER  XXX. 
Thomas  Vautrollier's  Works    ........      386 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 
Robert  Waldegrave        .........      jg^ 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 
Robert  Waldegrave's  Dated  Works  --.....      405 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 
Robert  Waldegrave's  Undated  Works         ......      463 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 
Robert  Smyth       ..........      475 


xii  Contents. 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 

CAGE 

Robert  Smyth's  Works   ..■•-•-■•      485 


CHAPTER  XXXVI. 
Robert  Charteris  ...-.----     490 

CHAPTER  XXXVn. 
Robert  Charteris's  Works        --------      493 

CHAPTER  XXXVHI. 
Doubtful  and  Spurious  Works  ...----      509 

Index  ...-.------      s'S 


LIST    OF    ILLUSTRATIONS 

I'AOE 

UEVicii  OK  Walter  Chei'man      ........  \2 

Skm,  and  Signature  ov  Walter  Chepman     ......  22 

Device  ok  Androw  Myllar        ....--..  24 

TiTLEPAGE  OK   GARLANDIA,    1505  -------  33 

Colophon  of  Do.  -----  ■  -  35 

TiTLEPAGE  OF  THE   EXPOSITIO  SEQUENTIARUM,    1 506      -----  37 

Colophon  ok  Do.  .  .  .  .  .  41 

Colophon  of  the  Theodolus,  1509      .......  ^2 

Device  ok  Philippe  Pigouchet  .......  45 

Colophon  ok  The  Porteous  of  Noblenes,  150S         -----  51 

Colophon  ok  The  Knightly  Tale  of  Golagros  and  Gawane,  1508        -  52 

Title  ok  The  Golden  Targe     ...-.---  55 

Title  ok  The  Maying  or  Disport  ok  Chaucer,  1508  -  -  -  -  56 

Last  Page  of       .  Do.  -  -  -  -  57 

Colophon  of  Do.  -  -  -  -  59 

TiTLEPAGE  OF   THE   BaLLAD  OF   LORU   BarNAKD   STEWART         -  -  -  -  62 

Title  of  The  Tale  of  Orpheus  and  Eurydice        .  ....  63 

Beginning  of  Dunbar's  Lament  kor  the  JLvkars  -  -  -  -  65 

First  Page  ok  The  Gest  of  Robyn  Hode       ------  69 

Second  Page  of  Do.  ------  70 

Comparison  of  Types       .........  -jt, 

Dedication  of  Petrus  Ravennas,  Compendium,  printed  by  Heinian  Bunigart        •  75 

Device  of  I{erman  Bumgart     -....-..  77 


XIV 


List  of  Illustrations. 


TiTLEPAGE  OF  BREVIARIUM   AbERDO.NENSE,    PaUS    HvEMALIS,    150910 

Penultimate  Page  of  Do. 

Part  of  Folio  ii.  Psalterium  Do. 
Device  of  Thomas  Davidson     ------ 

titlepage  of  the  new  actis,  is4i-2  -  .  -  . 

Woodcuts  from                 Do.  -  -  .  . 

Imago  Crucifi.vi  from     Do.  .  -  .  - 

SiGx.^TURE  OF  Sir  James  Foulis  from  Do.  .  .  -  - 

Woodcut  from                                          Do.  -  .  .  - 

Woodcut  and  Initial  Letters  from    Do.  -  -  -  - 

Initial  Letter  from                               Do.  -  -  .  - 

TiTLEPAGE  OF  StRENA  -----.. 

TiTLEPAGE  OF   BeLLENDEN's   CrONIKLIS    -  -  -  -  . 

First  Colophon  of  Do.  .  .  .  .  . 

The  Excusation  of  the  Prentar  from  Do. 
Part  of  Folio  i.  of  Do. 

Final  Colophon  of  Do. 

Part  of  Folio  cl.xxxiv.  of  Do. 

Woodcut  from  Do. 

Fragment  of  Palvce  of  Honour         .  .  .  .  - 

Do.  do.  .  .  .  .  - 

Device  of  John  Scot       ..-.-.- 

TiTLEPAGE  of   ARCHBISHOP    HAMILTON'S   CATKCIIISME,    1552       - 

Folio  xci.  of  Do. 

Colophon  of  Lauder's  Dewtis  of  Kvncis,  1556 

TiTLEPAGE  of  DO. 

Part  of  Sig.  As*  of  Do. 
Part  of  Sig.  Bs"  of  Do. 
Signature  Q.i^  of        Do. 

TiTLEPAGE  OF   LVNDSAY's   MONARCHY,    1st    Kdilion 

Parts  of  Sigs.  A  ib  and  R  it  ok  Do. 


FACE 

To  face        87 
91 

-  95 
104 

-  108 
no 
112 

-  113 

-  IIS 

-  116 

-  117 
120 

7  0  face       124 

124 

To  face       125 

-  "S 
126 
128 
129 

-  133 

-  134 

-  158 

160 

-  163 

-  166 

-  167 

169 

-  170 

-  172 

-  182 

-  184 


List  of  /llitsirations.  xv 


I-AfiE 

TiTLKPAOR  OK   LYNDSAY's   MONARCHY,    2n(l    lidilion          -               -               -               -               -  l86 

Pauts  of  Sigs.  a  ii)  AND  R  iIj  of  Do.                -            -            ■            -            •            -  i88 

TlTI.EPACE  OF   LYNDSAY's    PaI'YNGO             .......  190 

TiTi.F.  OK  Lyndsay's  Tragedie    ........  igi 

Printer  to  the  Reader  from  Lyndsay's  Works      -           -           -           -           -  192 

First  Page  ok  Lyndsay's  Dreme          .......  193 

Trn.EPAGE  OF  Pasquillorum  Versus  Aliquot,  1565  -           -           -           -           -  224 

Titi.epage  of  Laelii  Capilupi  Cento,  1565    -           -           -           -                      -  225 

Woodcut  from  Rauf  Coilzear,  1572    ■           -           -           -           -           -           -  255 

Device  of  Thomas  Bassandyne             .......  291 

Large  Device  of  Alexander  Arbuth.nkt       ......  317 

Small  Device  of                   Do.                          ......  319 

Large  Device  of  John  Ross       ........  328 

Small  Device  of       Do.             ........  333 

Devicp,  of  Henry  Charteris     ........  351 

Small  Device  of  Thomas  Vautrollier          ......  377 

Large  Device  of                Do.                          ......  385 

Device  of  Robert  Waldegrave           .......  404 

Woodcut  of  Arms  of  Scotland  and  Dknmark         .....  462 


ANNALS   OF   SCOTTISH    PRINTING. 


CHAPTER  I. 

INTRODUCTORY. 

"\  ^riTH    the  generation   that  witnessed   the  introduction  of  the 
^  *         art    of    printing    into    Scotland,     the     knowledge    of    the 
circumstances    connected    with    the    estabhshment    of  our   primitive 
press  appears  to  have  perished. 

Whether  from  its  unpretending  character,  its  short-Hved  existence, 
or  the  paucity  of  works  to  which  it  gave  birth,  certain  it  is  that  our 
earliest  printing  press  seems  to  have  been  deemed  unworthy  of  even 
a  passing  notice  by  any  of  the  writers  of  the  time.  Hence  we 
may  account  for  the  fact  that  for  nearly  three  hundred  years  total 
ignorance  prevailed  as  to  the  individuals  to  whom,  and  the  period 
to  which,  Scotland  owes  the  introduction  of  the  typographic  art. 
Not  until  the  end  of  last  century  were  these  interesting  par- 
ticulars revealed,  it  being  reserved  for  George  Chalmers  to  make 
them  known  to  the  world.  "  Inquisitive  men,"  says  he,  in  his  Life 
of  Ruddiman,  "have  often  endeavoured,  without  success,  to  discover 
when  the  typographic  art  was  first  introduced  into  Scotland.     The 


2  Iiitmdnciory. 

discovery,  which  has  eluded  so  many  enquiries,  hath  at  last  been 
made  by  searching  the  Records.  It  was  the  intelligent  and 
industrious  William  Robertson,  of  the  General  Register  House, 
who,  to  gratify  my  desire,  discovered  a  patent  by  King  James  IV., 
which  plainly  demonstrates  that  a  printing  press  was  established  at 
Edinburgh  during  the  year  1507."  Mr.  Chalmers  adds,  in  a  note, 
that  "  he  had  the  honour  to  present  a  paper  to  the  Antiquarian 
Society  of  London,  which  gave  an  account  of  the  discovery  of  the 
before-mentioned  patent,  and  which  was  read  before  that  learned 
body  on  the  first  of  December,    1791." 

This  patent  is  the  foundation  of  all  our  positive  knowledge 
regarding  the  introduction  of  printing  into  Scotland,  although, 
before  its  discovery,  several  writers  had  been  led  to  speculate  upon 
the  subject. 

James  Watson,  a  printer  of  some  note  in  Edinburgh  about  the 
beginning  of  last  century,  published  a  small  octavo  volume  in  1713, 
entitled  "The  History  of  the  Art  of  Printing,  &c.,"  which  contains  a 
lengthy  preface,  written  by  Mr.  John  Spotswood,  Advocate  and 
Professor  of  the  Law,  wherein  he  undertakes  to  relate  "the  beginning, 
progress  and  late  decay  of  our  Art  in  this  part  of  the  Island."  He 
says,  "  we  had  printing  very  early  here,  nor  could  we  miss  being 
soon  let  into  that  Art,  having,  at  the  time  of  its  invention,  a  close 
and  constant  trade  with  the  Low  Countries.  And,  if  printing  was 
first  invented  at  Harlem,  we,  who  had  then  our  staple-port  at  Antwerp, 
might  probably  have  it  as  soon  as  any  of  their  neighbours.  And 
that  we  had  it  from  Holland  is  clear  from  our  cases  and  presses 
being  all  of  the  Dutch  make,  till  of  late  years ;  and,  from  our 
manner  of  working,  in  distributing  the  letter  on  hand  with  the 
face  from  us,  and  the  nick  downwards,  and  our  making  ink  as  the 
printers    there    do."  *       The    writer    has    evidently    no    idea    that 

•  Page  7. 


Introdtictory.  3 

Scotland  was  so  late  in  introducing  the  typographic  art.  He 
supposes,  apparently,  that  it  was  introduced  long  before  it  was,  and 
he  accounts  for  the  absence  or  scarcity  of  specimens  of  the  pro- 
ductions of  the  earlier  printers,  by  conjecturing  that  these  "were 
either  books  of  saints  lives  and  legendary  miracles,  or  books  of 
the  devotions  then  in  vogue,  or  against  the  first  reformers.  All 
which  kind  of  books  were  either  carried  away  by  priests  who  fled 
beyond  seas,  or  were  destroyed  by  our  reformers  in  the  heat  of 
their  zeal.  However,  there  are  some  pretty  old  ones  yet  to  be  seen, 
such  as  Scotland's  Complaint,  printed  at  St.  Andrews  in  the  year 
1540.  And  that  printers  were  numerous  here  at  that  time  is  evident 
from  an  Act  of  the  Parliament  held  in  the  year  1540,  impowering 
the  Clerk  of  the  Register  to  print  the  Acts  of  Parliament  that 
concern  the  common-weal,  by  what  printer  he  shall  please,  within 
this  Realm."  * 

The  last  half  of  Watson's  book  is  entitled  "  The  History  of  the 
Invention  and  Progress  of  the  Mysterious  Art  of  Printing,  &c." 
The  writer  of  the  preface  states  that  it  was  originally  written  in 
French,  by  an  author  whose  name  he  does  not  mention  ;  but  we  are 
indebted  to  Mr.  William  Blades,  the  well-known  author  of  "  The 
Life  and  Typography  of  William  Caxton,"  for  information  that  the 
original  French  writer  was  J.  de  la  Caille,  who  published  at  Paris, 
in  1689,  a  quarto  volume,  entitled  "  Histoire  de  I'imprimerie  et 
de  la  librairie."  The  Scottish  translator  follows  him  very  closely, 
except  that  he  condenses  considerably  those  chapters  devoted  to 
the  account  of  the  introduction  of  the  art  into  the  different  towns 
of  Europe. 

Watson's  little  publication  has  claims  upon  the  bibliographer, 
inasmuch  as  it  is  the  first  work  printed  in  Britain  devoted  to  the 
history  of  printing. 

*  Pages  7-8. 


A  Introductory. 

Joseph  Ames,  whose  "  Typographical  Antiquities  of  Britain " 
was  published  in  1749,  was  enabled,  through  Mr.  Charles  Mackey, 
Professor  of  History  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  to  extend  his 
account  of  Scottish  books  as  far  back  as  1 509,  and  to  notice  the  two 
parts  of  the  "  Breviarium  Aberdonense,"  which  bear  evidence  that 
they  were  printed  at  Edinburgh  in  1509-10.  The  copy  to  which 
Ames  refers  is  that  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  a  detailed  account  of 
which  will  be  given  in  the  sequel.  Ames  never  saw  the  Breviary  ; 
and  Herbert,  who  follows  him  in  his  remarks  concerning  it,  seems 
also  never  to  have  seen  it.  But  the  latter  describes  Chepman's 
device  accurately,  and  draws  the  following  sound  conclusions  from 
his  knowledge  of  it: — -"This  would  seem  to  prove  that  the  art  of 
printing  was  first  introduced  into  Scotland  from  France,  and  probably 
the  types  &c.  came  from  thence  ;  for  this  kind  of  device  was  at 
that  time  peculiar  to  the  French  printers,  and  the  cut  agrees  with 
Pigouchet's  Salisbury  and  Rouen  heures,  except  in  the  cypher."  * 

Ames  compresses  all  he  has  to  relate  about  printing  in  Scotland 
into  twenty-two  pages.  With  few  exceptions,  his  notices  of  the 
books  are  meagre  in  the  extreme.  As  a  rule,  only  the  title  is  given 
with  the  printer's  name  and  date,  and  no  collation.  Where  any 
attempt  at  collation  is  made  it  is  most  untrustworthy: — e.g., 
Davidson's  Acts,  1541,  which  is  a  most  curious  mixture.  Of 
Bellenden's  Chronicles,  he  gives  the  first  and  last  colophon,  but 
nothing  more.  His  notice  of  Hamilton's  Catechism  is  a  mixture  of 
title  and  colophon,  all  in  one;  and  of  Lyndsay's  Works,  1568,  he 
notes  all  the  parts,  but  gives  no  collation.  Not  one  work  is  fully 
collated.  He  notices  in  all  1 38  works,  but  some  of  these  were  not 
printed  in  Scotland. 

In  Herbert's  edition  of  Ames,  the  account  of  printing  in  Scotland 
is  expanded  to  fifty-four  pages,  and  notices  are  given  of  205  books  ; 

"  Page  1470. 


Introductory.  5 

but  it  is  far  from  complete,  and  the  editor  has  arranged  his  Hst 
chronologically,  without  reference  to  the  printers,  of  whom  he  gives 
us  no  information  whatever.  In  this  respect  his  labours  differ  widely 
from  his  efforts  on  behalf  of  early  English  books. 

Dibdin,  the  last  editor  of  Ames'  "Typographical  Antiquities," 
after  a  most  praiseworthy  attempt  to  do  every  justice  to  the  enter- 
prise, was  unfortunately  compelled,  from  lack  of  encouragement,  to 
abandon  it  before  his  task  was  half  accomplished.  Had  he  been 
enabled  to  carry  out  his  intentions  of  giving  a  complete  edition  of 
the  Typographical  Antiquities  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  it  is 
more  than  probable  that  the  present  attempt  to  illustrate  the  early 
typography  of  Scotland  would  never  have  been  undertaken.  At 
least  the  necessity  for  such  a  publication  could  not  have  been  urged 
with  any  degree  of  justice,  as  the  extensive  bibliographical  acquire- 
ments of  Dr.  Dibdin,  and  the  interest  with  which  he  was  capable 
of  surrounding  every  topic  he  handled,  gave  assurance  that  the 
bibliography  of  this  portion  of  Britain  would  have  received  as  much 
justice  from  his  pen,  as  had  been  already  done  to  that  of  England.  It 
is  impossible  to  withhold  from  Dr.  Dibdin  a  foremost  place  in  the  list 
of  bibliographers,  both  British  and  Continental.  His  labours  from 
first  to  last  were  truly  Herculean  ;  and,  when  we  consider  the  number 
and  magnitude  of  his  writings,  the  faults  and  errors  found  in  them 
may  be  pardoned.  No  one  will  deny  him  the  merit  of  infusing  a  new 
life  into  the  study  of  bibliography  in  this  country,  and  of  doing  more 
in  illustration  of  the  early  typographic  art  than  had  ever  been  before 
attempted.  Dibdin's  four  volumes  comprise  nearly  the  half  of  what 
Herbert  had  written,  ending  with  his  article  on  Thomas  Hacket, 
page  900. 

Herbert,  just  before  concluding  his  great  work  in  1790,  had  the 
satisfaction  of  receiving  from  Mr.    George    Paton,''-    of  the  Custom 

*  For  a  notice  of  Mr.  George  Paton,  son  of  John  Paton,  Bookseller,  Edinburgh,  see  "  Memorials 
of  Edinburgh,"  pp.   163-164. 


6  Introductory. 

House,  Edinburgh,  an  account  of  the  volume  of  unique  pieces 
printed  by  Chepman  and  Myllar  at  Edinburgh  in  1508,  which 
had  been  presented  to  the  Advocates'  Library  in  1788.  Mr.  Paton 
suggested  that  these  pieces  might,  indeed,  be  the  first-fruits  of  the 
Scottish  press ;  and  this  hint,  together  with  the  interest  which 
Herbert's  valuable  undertaking  created  in  everything  relating  to 
printing  in  Britain,  appears  to  have  stimulated  Mr.  George  Chalmers 
to  pursue  the  investigation  of  the  subject.  The  success  he  met  with 
set  at  rest  all  further  doubt  and  speculation  in  reference  to  the  intro- 
duction of  the  art  into  Scotland.  This  indefatigable  scholar  continued 
to  make  the  bibliography  of  Scotland  his  special  study,  and 
he  left  behind  him  a  vast  amount  of  unpublished  information 
relative  to  it,  from  which  very  many  of  the  facts  submitted  in  this 
work  have  been  obtained. 

Since  Chalmers's  time,  the  enterprise  of  private  individuals,  and 
the  efforts  of  our  printing  clubs,  have  made  us  familiar  with  many  of 
the  earlier  productions  of  the  Scottish  press.  To  the  late  Dr.  David 
Laing,  more  than  to  anyone  else,  we  owe  the  reproduction  of 
many  of  the  rarest  works,  and  the  illustration  of  much  of  the  early 
literature  of  Scotland.  His  literary  labours  extended  over  more 
than  half  a  century  ;  and,  although  we  mourn  his  loss,  yet  we  are 
thankful  that  he  was  spared  so  long,  and  accomplished  so  much. 


CHAPTER  II. 

KING  JAMES    IV.    PATENT. 

TTAVING  briefly  enumerated  in  the  preceding  chapter  the 
-'■  -*■  labours  of  others  in  the  cause  of  Scottish  bibliography, 
we  shall  now  proceed  to  an  account  of  the  establishment  of  the 
first  printing  press  in  Scotland.  It  was  stated  in  the  previous 
chapter  that  the  patent  granted  in  1507  by  King  James  IV.  to 
Chepman  and  Millar  is  the  basis  on  which  our  knowledge  of  the 
subject  rests.  This  patent,  of  which  we  subjoin  a  verbatim  copy, 
is  a  document  of  very  great  interest,  and  merits  a  careful  perusal  : — 
"James,  &c.  to  al  and  sindrj  our  officiaris  liegis  and  subdittis 
quham  it  efferis,  quhais  knawlage  thir  our  lettres  salcum,  greting  ; 
Wit  ye  that  forsamekill  as  our  lovittis  servitouris  Walter  Chepman 
and  Andro  Myllar  burgessis  of  our  burgh  of  Edinburgh,  has  at  our 
instance  and  request,  for  our  plesour,  the  honour  and  proffit  of  our 
Realme  and  Liegis,  takin  on  thame  to  furnis  and  bring  hame  ane 
prent,  with  all  stuff  belangand  tharto,  and  expert  men  to  use  the 
samyne,  for  imprenting  within  our  Realme  of  the  bukis  of  our  Lawis, 
actis  of  parliament,  croniclis,  mess  bukis,  and  portuus  efter  the  use 
of  our  Realme,  with  addicions  and  legendis  of  Scottis  Sanctis,  now 
gaderit  to  be  ekit  tharto,  and  al  utheris  bukis  that  salbe  sene  necessar, 
and  to  sel  the  sammyn  for  competent  pricis,  be  our  avis  and  dis- 


8  King  James  IV.  Patent. 

crecion  their  labouris  and  expens  being  considerit  ;  And  becaus  we 
wnderstand  that  this  cannot  be  perfurnist  without  rycht  greit  cost 
labour  and  expens,  we  have  grantit  and  promittit  to  thame  that  thai 
sal  nocht  be  hurt  nor  prevenit  tharon  be  ony  utheris  to  tak  copyis  of 
ony  bukis  furtht  of  our  Realme,  to  ger  imprent  the  samyne  in  utheris 
cuntreis,  to  be  brocht  and  sauld  agane  within  our  Realme,  to  cause 
the  said  Walter  and  Androu  tyne  thair  gret  labour  and  expens  ;  And 
alis  It  is  divisit  and  thocht  expedient  be  us  and  our  consall,  that  in 
tyme  cuming  mess  bukis,  efter  our  awin  scottis  use,  and  with  legendis 
of  Scottis  Sanctis,  as  is  now  gaderit  and  ekit  be  ane  Reverend  fader 
in  God,  and  our  traist  consalour  Williame  bischope  of  abirdene  and 
utheris,  be  usit  generaly  within  al  our  Realme  alssone  as  the  samniyn 
may  be  imprentit  and  providit,  and  that  na  maner  of  sic  bukis  of 
Salusbery  use  be  brocht  to  be  sauld  within  our  Realme  in  tym 
cuming ;  and  gif  ony  dois  in  the  contrar,  that  thai  sal  tyne  the 
sammyne  ;  Quharfor  we  charge  straitlie  and  commandis  yow  al  and 
sindrj  our  officiaris,  liegis,  and  subdittis,  that  nane  of  yow  tak  apon 
hand  to  do  ony  thing  incontrar  this  our  promitt,  devise,  and  ordinance 
in  tyme  cuming,  under  the  pane  of  escheting  of  the  bukis,  and 
punising  of  thair  persons  bringaris  tharof  within  our  Realme,  in 
contrar  this  our  statut,  with  al  vigour  as  efferis.  Geven  under  our 
prive  Sel  at  Edinburgh,  the  xv  day  of  September,  and  of  our  Regne 
the  xxti  yer." 

Let  us  examine  this  document  with  some  attention,  for  its  import 
is  more  significant  than  at  first  sight  may  appear. 

In  the  first  place,  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  it  was  at  the 
instance  and  request  of  the  king  himself,  for  his  pleasure,  the 
honour  and  profit  of  his  realm  and  lieges,  that  Walter  Chepman 
and  Androw  My  liar  undertook  to  import  a  printing  press,  furnished 
with  all  the  necessary  materials  belonging  thereto,  and  expert  men  to 
use   the   same.     \\'e  are   not  aware  of  any  other  monarch,    in   the 


King  James  IV.  Patent.  g 

earlier  days  of  printing,*  having  been  the  means  of  introducing  the 
typographic  art  into  his  kingdom,  and  therefore  we  owe  James  the 
Fourth — the  one  of  all  the  race  of  Stuarts  whom  Scotsmen  love 
best  to  remember — a  debt  of  gratitude  for  being  thus  instrumental 
(although,  perhaps,  only  secondarily,  as  we  will  show,)  in  establishing 
a  printing  press  in  Scotland. 

In  the  next  place,  the  king  was  aware  of  the  great  trouble  and 
expense  Chepman  and  Myllar  would  incur  in  this  enterprise,  and  he 
grants  them  a  monopoly  of  printing  certain  books  named,  and  wisely 
guarantees  them,  as  far  as  possible,  against  loss  and  damage,  which 
it  was  foreseen  they  might  sustain  by  unscrupulous  traders  causing 
their  books  to  be  re-imprinted  abroad,  and  brought  into  Scotland, 
and  then  sold. 

But  when  we  find,  in  the  third  place,  that  the  king  and  council 
thought  it  expedient  in  time  coming  that  certain  liturgical  works  of  a 
reverend  father  in  God  and  trusty  counsellor  William,  Bishop  of 
Aberdeen,  and  others,  should  be  used  generally  within  the  realm  as 
soon  as  the  same  may  be  printed  and  provided,  we  have  an  express 
object  pointed  out,  which  makes  us  suspect  that  the  real  motive  of 
the  king  in  getting  Chepman  and  Myllar  "to  bring  hame  ane  prent" 
was  more  to  favour  his  friend  the  bishop  than  to  benefit  the  printers. 
The  episcopal  power  of  the  reverend  father  is  very  forcibly  shown, 
not  only  in  his  attempt  to  impose  his  own  service-book  upon  the 
nation,  but  in  excluding  books  of  Salisbury  use ;  and,  as  Dr.  Laing 
says  in  the  preface  to  the  reprint  of  the  "  Breviarium  Aberdonense," 
"  For  the  purpose  of  having  it  printed  for  general  use,  and  under 
his  immediate  inspection,  we  are  fully  warranted  in  attributing  to 
this  prelate  the  scheme  which  secured  the  establishment  of  a  printing 

*  The  earliest  privilege  and  monopoly  in  the  production  of  books  was  that  granted  by  the  Senate 
of  Venice  to  Johannes  de  Spira,  iS"'  Se|itember,  1469,  printed  in  full  in  A.  Barnard's  "  De  I'origine 
et  des  debuts  de  rimprimerie  en  Europe,"  Vol.  II.,  pp.  176-177.  This  was  fortunately  rendered  null 
by  the  death  of  Spira  in  a  few  months,  and  the  privilege  was  not  extended  to  his  brother  Vindelin. 
After  this  .t  splendid  array  of  printers  occupied  the  Venetian  field. 


lo  King  James  IV.  Patent. 

press  in  this  country."  *  The  influence  which  Bishop  Elphinstone 
exerted  over  the  king  was  very  considerable  ;  but  it  is  exceedingly 
questionable  if  his  attempt  to  impose  his  breviary  upon  the  nation 
was  at  all  successful. 

The  persons  in  whose  favour  this  royal  privilege  was  granted 
were  both  burgesses  of  the  city  of  Edinburgh.  Walter  Chepman 
was  a  man  of  capital  and  property,  a  speculative,  money-making 
man,  who,  to  his  calling  of  general  merchant,  added  several  other 
pursuits,  from  which  he  derived  considerable  emolument ;  and  who, 
to  serve  the  king,  and  with  the  expectation,  undoubtedly,  that  it 
would  be  remunerative,  would  not  hesitate  to  embark  in  the  business 
of  printer.  Androw  Myllar  was  a  bookseller  in  Edinburgh.  He 
had  supplied  books  to  the  king  for  a  number  of  years,  importing 
them  from  England  and  the  Continent ;  and  he  had  already 
displayed  some  enterprise  as  a  printer.  Of  these  worthy  citizens 
we  will  have  more  to  say  anon. 

The  "  prent  and  expert  men  to  use  the  same,"  undoubtedly  came 
from  France.  This  will  be  clearly  seen  when  we  come  to  examine 
critically  the  types  and  woodcuts  which  are  used  in  the  books  bearing 
the  imprint  of  our  proto-typographers. 

*  Page  xxi. 


Device  of  Walter  Chepman. 


CHAPTER  III. 

WALTER    CHEPMAN. 

/'~\UR  knowledge  of  Chepman,  the  printer  first  mentioned  in 
^^  the  patent,  extends  over  more  than  thirty  years  of  his  life, 
and  we  know  that  he  was  a  person  of  wealth  and  influence,  and 
stood  well  in  the  estimation  of  his  sovereign. 

Walter  Chepman,  as  we  have  already  stated,  was  a  merchant- 
burgess  of  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  and  the  presumption  is  that  he 
was  a  native  of  that  place.  Of  his  parentage  or  earlier  years  we 
know  nothing,  and  it  is  not  until  1494  that  we  become  acquainted 
with  him,  and  when  he  would  probably  be  in  the  prime  of  life.  He 
was  a  man  who  must  have  added  to  excellent  natural  abilities  an 
education  vastly  superior  to  that  of  the  ordinary  class  of  merchants 
of  the  period.  His  tact,  prudence,  and  thorough  business  habits, 
early  recommended  him  to  the  notice  of  James  IV.,  whose  friendship 
and  favour  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  retain.  He  was  frequently 
engaged  as  a  writer  of  the  king's  letters,  being  employed,  along 
with  Stobo,  as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Patrick  Panter,  secretary  of 
James  IV.,  and  he  enjoyed  the  honour  of  being  entrusted  with  the 
custody  of  the  king's  signet.  On  several  occasions  he  was  chosen 
to  conduct  negotiations  of  delicacy  and  trust,  and  once,  at  least,  he 
was  sent  with  Stobo  on  a  mission  of  importance  to  the  English 
court.      Chepman's    acquaintance    with    Stobo    probably  led    to    his 


14  Walter  Chepman. 

introduction  to  Dunbar,  who  mentioned  his  friend,  the  notary,  in 
"The  Lament  for  the  Makaris."  Although  Chepman  engaged  in 
many  different  kinds  of  commercial  transactions,  he  was  always  more 
or  less  directly  attached  to  the  king's  household ;  and,  on  the  occasion 
of  James's  marriage  in  1503,  he  obtained,  at  the  expense  of  the 
privy  purse,  a  suit  of  livery  made  of  English  cloth.  ■'' 

As  a  general  merchant  and  importer,  Chepman  traded  in  wood 
for  shipbuilding  and  other  purposes,  in  wool,  cloths,  velvets,  damasks, 
and    a    variety    of   other    merchandise,  t       In    the    year    1508,    he 

*  1503.  Aug.  9.  Item,  for  v  eine  Inglis  claith  to  Walter  Chepman,  ilk  elne  xxxiiij  s. — Accounts 
of  the  Lord  High   Treasurer  of  Scotland. 

t  "  Among  the  Edinburgh  burghers,  one  stands  out  prominently,  Walter  Chepman.  The  very 
etymology  of  his  name  shows  him  to  be  of  a  merchant  family,  and  he  wrote  himself  merchant  burgess 
of  Edinburgh.  He  sent  a  few  sacks  of  wool  and  skins  (some  of  them  rotten  !)  and  got  back  a  piece  of 
velvet  with  a  little  kist  to  pack  it  in,  and  that  is  all  the  commodity  that  we  trace  in  1496  to  the  hands 
of  Walter  Chepman,  to  be  exposed  for  sale  in  the  little  shop  with  its  fore-stair  opening  on  the  Southgate 
of  Edinburgh." — Ledger  of  Andreiu  Halylmrton,  Edited  by  Cosmo  Junes,  Preface,  p.  Ixiii. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  "  Ledger"  are  given  to  show  the  nature  of  Chepman 's  transactions 
with  his  factor  in  the  Netherlands : — 

1494.  Item  the  12  day  of  Julii  anno  afifor  writin,  rasauit  in  Hand  warp  fra  Georgh  Portus  factor  to 
Valter  Chepman  in  the  naym  of  .Schir  R.  Vellis.  22li.    lo.s.  Ibid.,  p.  11. 

1496.  Item  in  Dyscember  thar  efter,  rassauit  off  Vat  Chapmanis  gudis  to  the  behuff  of  the  said 
Schir  Robart  I4li.  Ibid.,  p.  13. 

1496.  May.  Item  at  that  samyn  tym  rasauit  out  of  the  Julyan  fra  Robart  Rynd,  2  sekis  betwix 
hym  and  Wait  Chapman,  of  hys  part  cumis  in  fre  syluer,  Soni,  I7li.  S.s.  4.  Ibid.,  p.  57. 

Walter  Chepman.     Anno  96,  in  Junii. 

1496.  Item  the  29  of  Jun  anno  96,  rasauit  ffra  Robart  Rynd  2  sekis  of  woyll  that  com  in  Schir 
Thomas  Todis  schip,  that  is  Vat  Chepmans.  .Said  thir  2  sekis  in  Brugis  to  Petir  wan  Artrik  for  25 
mark,  with  2  nallis  to  bat,  an  veand  7c  4  nallis,  and  [the  other]  6<;  28  nallis. 

Som  of  thir  2  sekis  the  bat  of,  3SII.  13s.  log. 
Item  gyffin  to  the  said  Robart  Rynd  for  fracht  and  oncostis  of  the  samyn,  and  for  costis  that  I  maid 
my  self  on  thir  2  sekis  lyk  as  it  standis  in  14  laiff  Som,  3  li.  15s.  4g. 

Som  off  thir  sekis  costis  quyt,  34II.  i8s.  8. 
Item  the  half  of  this  2  sekis  is  Johne  Patersonis,  and  the  tother  half  is  Vat  Chepmans. 

Som  of  Vat  Chepmans  part  off  thir  2  sekis,  17II.  8s.  4. 
Item  in  Nowember  anno  alTor,  r.isauit  in  Medylburgh  off  a  sek  voill.     Said  it  in  Brugis  to  Peter 
Rakeris  gestis  for  26  mark,  with  2  nallis  to  bat,  weand  6c  4. 

Som  of  that  sek  the  bat  of  is  I7li.  los.  6g. 
Item  the  oncostis  off  this  .sek  stand  in  the  17  laif.     Som,  33s.  5g. 

Som  of  this  sek  the  costis  of  tayn  is  I5li.  1 8s.  I. 
Item  in  November  anno  97,  rasauit  out  off  Voyd  a  sek  of  voll  off  the  said  Valtyris.     Said  it  in 
Brugis  to  a  man  of  Torkconze  for  24  mark,  with  2  nallis  to  b.,  veand  7c  3  nallis. 

Som  of  that  sek  the  bait  of  tan  is  l81i.  15s.  I. 

Item  fracht  and  oncostis  of  this  sek  standis  in  24.  Som,  37s.  3g. 

Item  at  that  samyn  tym,   r.isauit  off  his  out  of  the  Lyon  a  sek  of  rottin  skynis.     Said  tham  in 

Medylburgh  by  the  hop  for  I3li.  is.  12. 

Item  the  oncostis  of  th.am  standis  in  the  26  laif.     Som,  34s. 

Som  fre  syluer  of  thir  2  sekis,  281i.  4s.  10. 


Walter  Chepnian.  15 

supplied  "estland  burdis "  at  two  shillings  "ilk  pece,  and  ilk 
hundreth,  xij  lib. "  ;  most  likely  for  the  building  of  the  Royal 
Chtipel  at  Stirling.  He  strove  to  make  money  in  many  honest 
and  honourable  ways,  and  in  any  direction  which  promised  the 
prospect  of  increasing  his  worldly  substance.  Hence  it  is  not 
wonderful  that  we  find  him  willing  to  gratify  the  king  and  the 
Bishop  of  Aberdeen  by  undertaking  to  assist  in  establishing  a 
printing  press  in  Edinburgh.  He  was  already  a  man  of  wealth 
and  property,  and  therefore  able  to  bear  the  outlay  which  such  an 
undertaking  would  involve.  But  he  expected,  no  doubt,  to  be 
handsomely  reimbursed,  and  he  could  not  but  believe  that,  as  a 
printer,  he  ought  to  succeed,  seeing  that  he  was  assured  of  royal  and 
episcopal  encouragement,  and  would  have  his  position  fenced  about 
with  legal  securities.  Although  it  is  unlikely  that  he  was  acquainted 
with  the  practical  details  of  the  art,  his  ignorance  in  this  respect 
would  not  be  allowed  to  stand  in  the  way,  as  he  would  import  a  staff 

1496.  Item  bocht  in  Bery  for  Vat  Chepman  a  stek  wellus  and  send  in  Gylbart  Edmestoune  in 
Dyscember  anno  96,  with  Dauy  Rattrye,  the  ell  cost  los.,  the  stek  halldis  33 J  ellis.  Item  for  a  lytyll 
kyst  to  pak  it  in,  I2g.  Som  of  this  stek  wellus  with  the  kyst,  l61i.  i6s. 

Item  for  sellyn  of  thir  2  sekis  to  my  seruis,  30s. 

Som  of  the  mony  that  restis  in  my  hand  off  the  for  said  2  sekis  to  the  be  hiif  of  Schir  Robart 
Wellis  the  Archden,  I5li.  5g. 

The  quhylk  I5li.  5g.  I  dylywerit  to  the  said  Archden  in  mynryn  off  grettar  somys  be  twix  us. 

1498.  Item  the  29  day  off  May  anno  98,  maid  my  rakynyn  to  Valter  Chepman,  and  the  fre  mony 
of  his  2  sekis  varit  it  to  the  Archden,  lyk  as  he  ordand  me  at  the  sendyn  of  his  geir,  281i,  4s.  log. 

Item  the  said  raknyn  I  send  hym  with  Dauy  Rattrye.  Ibid.,  pp.  77-78. 

1497.  Item  in  November  anno  97,  rassauit  ij  sekis  of  Wat  Chepmanis,  the  quhilk  the  mony  therof 
he  ordained  to  dylywer  to  the  Archden,  the  quhilk  2  sekis  com  in  fre  syluer  to  the  Archden  be  huf. 
Som,  2ili.  4s.  10.  Ibid.,  p.  155. 

1496.  Item  rasauit  at  that  tym  the  half  2  sekis  that  com  in  the  Julyan  be  twix  hym  [John  Paterson] 
and  Vallter  Chepman,  al  costis  beand  paid.     Som,  lyli.  8s.  4.  //'/(/.,  p.  200. 

Sek — a  measure  of  wool  weighing  about  680  lbs. 

Nallis — the  nail  or  nail  was  a  weight  for  wool  of  7  lb. 

Fracht,  fraucht — freight. 

Oncostis — expenses. 

Gestis — guests. 

Torkconze — Tourcoing,  a  manufacturing  town  between  Lille  and  Courtrai, 

Hop — a  heap,  a  lot.     Dutch,  Hoop. 

Wellus — velvet. 

Kyst — chest. 

Mynryn — lessening.     Dutch,  Mindering. 


1 6  Walter  Chepman. 

of  skilled  workmen,  over  whom  his  coadjutor,  Androw  Myllar, 
would  exercise  a  diligent  supervision. 

In  the  acquisition  of  wealth  Chepman  appears  to  have  been  fairly 
successful,  and  in  1505  he  began  to  invest  his  capital  in  land.  In 
May  of  that  year  he  purchased  the  forty-shilling  freehold  estate  of 
Ewerland,  within  the  manor  of  Crammond  Regis,  from  co-heiresses 
of  the  name  of  Dais  ;  ''''  and  in  the  following  year  he  acquired  from 
the  abbot  and  monks  of  Culross  a  life-rent  of  the  lands  of  Meikle- 
Jergeray,  in  Perthshire,  for  himself  and  his  wife  Agnes  Cockburne, 
which  he  held  till  his  death  in  1528,  but  which  his  widow  appears  to 
have  retained  for  only  nine  years  afterwards.  In  1509  he  purchased 
from  James  Wardlaw,  of  Riccardton,  the  estate  of  Priestfield,  now 
known  as  Prestonfield,  which  includes  the  southern  half  of  Dud- 
dingstone  Loch,  at  the  foot  of  Arthur's  Seat,  on  the  south  side  of 
Edinburgh,  t 

He  possessed  several  tenements  of  lands  and  houses  within  the 
city,  in  one  of  which,  at  the  foot  of  the  Blackfriars  Wynd  in  the 
Southgait,  or  Cowgate,  he  and  Myllar  erected  their  printing  press. 
At  the  top  of  the  said  wynd,  in  the  High-street,  he  likewise 
possessed  a  property — his  dwelling-house  apparently,  upon  which, 
in    1 5 10,    he   obtained    the    king's  permission,    to    make  extensiv^e 

*  Apud  Edinburgh,  24  Maii,  1505. 
Rex  concessit  familiari  suo  servitori  W.altero  Chepman  biirgensi  de  Edinburgh,  heredibus  ejus  et 
assignatis, — 40soHdatas  terrarum  antiqui  extentus  nuncupatas  le  Ewarland,  in  villa  de  Crawmond-regis, 
vie.  Edinburgh ; — quarum  unam  medietatem  Eliz.  Dais  cum  consensu  Barth.  Aytoun  sui  sponsi, 
alteram  Isobella  Dayis  soror  dicte  Eliz.  cum  consensu  Joh.  Boltoun  sui  sponsi,  resignaverunt : — 
Ked<lend.  servitium  de  Ewry  debitum  et  consuetum  nomine  albe  firnie. — Re^islniui  Magni  Sigilli 
Kegitm  Scotoiioii^  1^2^-fjij^  p.  Ooy, 

+  Apud  Edinljurgh,  5  Jan.  1509-10. 
Rex  concessit  familiari  suo  Waltero  Chepman  burgensi  de  Edinburgh,  et  Agneti  CoUburne  ejus 
sponse, — 40  solidatas  terrarum  antiqui  extentus  nuncupatas  Evverl.ind,  in  villa  et  territorio  de  Crawmond- 
regis,  vie.  Edinburgh  ;  quas  idem  Wil.  pcrsonaliter  resignavit; — ac  terras  de  Preistfeild,  cum  tencntibus, 
&c.,  juxla  communem  moram  burgi  de  Edinburgh,  vie.  antedict.; — quas  Jac.  Wardlaw  de  Ricarloun 
resignavit : — Tcncnd.  dictis  Walt,  et  A.,  et  ipsorum  alteri  diutius  viventi,  in  conjuncta  infeodationc,  et 
heredibus  inter  ipsos  legitime  procreatis,  quibus  deficientibus,  legit,  et  propinquioribus  heredibus  dicti 
Walt,  quilniscunquc: — Kcddend.  pro  Ewirland  servitium  lavacri  debit,  et  consuet.,  el  pro  Preisfeild  par 
cirolhccaruni  die  H.  Egiilii  in  ccclesia  B.  Egidii  de  Edinburgh,  nomine  albe  lirme. — Registniin  Magni 
Sigilli  Kcgtiin  Scolonim,  1424-1^13,  p.  "jsi. 


Walter  Chepinan.  17 

alterations.*     Another  tenement  which  he  held  in  the  Southgait  he 
afterwards  gave  up  for  pious  purposes. 

In  1 5 14  and  15 15,  Chepman  held  the  office  of  Dean  of  Guild  of 
Edinburgh,  a  position  for  which  his  well-known  business  habits  and 
respectable  character  as  a  merchant-citizen  so  justly  fitted  him.  Yet 
his  official  connection  with  the  civic  authorities  did  not  exempt  him 
from  being  called  upon,  in  the  year  15 19,  to  explain  why  he  had 
departed  from  an  obligation  he  had  entered  into  to  erect  certain 
buildings  on  the  Boroughmuir.  He  appears,  however,  to  have 
satisfied  the  magistrates  that  he  had  built  all  he  had  undertaken, 
in  order  to  fulfil  certain  designs  they  had  in  view.  As  the  buildings 
referred  to  were  those  in  connection  with  a  brewery,  it  would  seem 
as  if  Chepman  had  some  direct  interest  in  the  concern,  t 

We  have  stated  that  he  had  the  good  fortune  to  retain  the 
patronage  of  his  sovereign,  James  IV.,  and  it  is  a  significant  proof 
of  the  worthiness  of  Chepman's  character,  that  he  was  privileged 
to  receive  special  marks  of  favour  from  James  V.  In  151 1,  the 
former  king  granted  him  exemption  from  watching  and  warding, 
duties  which  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  were  called  upon,  in  turn, 
to  perform.  He  was  also  exempted  from  paying  stent  (a  kind  of 
property  tax),  from  attending  the  king's  army,  or  from  bearing  any 
office  in  the  city  of  Edinburgh  against  his  own  consent.  All  these 
exemptions  were  continued  by  James  V.  during  Chepman's  life,  and 
several  of  them  were  enjoyed  by  his  widow. 

*  In  the  Registers  of  the  Privy  Seal,  (iv.  173,)  there  is  preserved  the  following  license  to  Chepman, 
which  appears  to  have  borne  the  subscription  of  King  James  IV.  It  is  dated  at  Edinburgh,  Feby.  5, 
1510: — ".\  license  maid  to  Walter  Chepman,  burges  of  Edinburgh,  to  half  staris  towart  the  Hie 
Strete  and  calsay,  with  bak  staris  and  turngres  in  the  Frer  Wynd,  or  on  the  forgait,  of  sic  breid  and 
lenth  as  he  sail  think  expedient  for  entre  and  asiamentis  to  his  land  and  tenement,  and  to  flit  the  pend 
of  the  said  Frer  Wynd,  for  making  of  neidful  asiaments  in  the  sammyn,  and  als  to  big  and  haif  ane 
woit  vnder  the  calsay  befor  the  for  front  of  the  said  tenement  of  sic  breid  as  he  thinkis  expedient,  with 
ane  penteis  vnder  the  greissis  of  his  for  star,  &c.  At  Edinburgh,  the  fifte  day  of  Februar,  the  yer 
foresaid,  gratis  eidein  tempore  sigillationis." — "  Subscript.  Per  Regem." 

t  "  Walter  Chepman  declarit  that  he  had  completit  and  fulfillit  his  biggingis  on  the  borrow  muir 
sufficientlie,  with  barne,  kill,  cowbill,  and  servitours  for  making  of  malt  efter  the  forme  of  the  act 
made  yairupoun."  , 

D 


i8  Walter  Chepman. 

In  1526,  the  king  gave  Chepman  a  grant  of  a  tavern  and  booth 
on  the  north  side  of  the  High-street,  which  had  escheated  to  the 
Crown  by  the  death  of  John  Cockburne,  a  bastard,  and  into  which 
he  placed  one  Isabel  Harper.  The  tavern  had  been  reserved  by  the 
king  when  he  came  of  age,  by  an  act  of  general  resumption,  and  in 
March,  1542,  most  probably  after  the  death  of  Chepman's  widow, 
the  king  granted  the  same  premises  to  another  printer,  Thomas 
Davidson. 

On  the  8th  December,  1526,  James  V.  granted  a  feu-charter 
under  the  Great  Seal  to  Walter  Chepman  de  Evirland  "  familiari 
servitori  nostro,"  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  and  Agnes  Cockburne, 
his  spouse,  and  the  longest  liver  of  them  in  conjunct  fee  and  life- 
rent, and  to  David  Chepman,  their  son  and  heir  apparent,  and  his 
heirs  male,  whom  failing,  to  the  eldest  of  his  (David's)  heirs  female, 
without  division,  the  lands  called  Kingis-medow,  lying  between  the 
Fegot-burne  on  the  south  and  west  parts,  and  the  lands  called 
Kingis-hauche,  belonging  to  Alexander  Forestar  of  Corstorphen, 
and  the  common  lands  of  the  burgh  of  Edinburgh,  called  the 
Commoun-myre,  on  the  north  and  east  parts ;  which  lands  and 
meadow  the  said  Walter  formerly  had  in  assedation  for  an  annual 
payment  of  twenty  merks  "et  ante  ipsum  nulli  unquam  alteri  assedate 
fuerunt,"  paying  yearly  the  sum  of  lib.  14  scots,  in  name  of  feu-farm 
(in  augmentation  of  the  king's  rental  135-.  4^.),  the  heirs  paying 
double  the  first  year  of  their  entry  thereto.* 

From  the  brief  narrative  of  these  details  it  will  be  seen  that 
Chepman  was  a  man  of  property,  respectability,  and  consideration. 
It  is  pleasing  to  be  able  to  add  that  "no  inconsiderable  portion  of 
his  wealth  was  devoted  to  religious  purposes.  In  the  last  year  of 
the  reign  of  James  IV.,  when  the  celebrated  Gawin  Douglas  was 
Provost    of    the    Collegiate    Church    of    St.     Giles's,     Edinburgh, 

*  Registmm  Magiii  Si^i7/i,  xxi.,  70. 


Waller  Chepman.  19 

Chepman  erected  an  aisle  on  the  south  side  of  that  church,  and 
there  endowed  an  altar  for  a  priest  to  officiate,  and  pray  for  the 
salvation  of  the  souls  of  the  king  and  queen,  of  himself,  his  wife, 
and  also  his  former  spouse,  and  other  relations,  according  to  the 
usual  form  of  such  endowments.  It  was  confirmed  under  the  Great 
Seal  on  the  2  ist  of  August,  1513.^^  Scarcely  three  weeks  had  elapsed 
when  the  sad  tidings  of  the  king's  fate  at  Floddon  reached  Edinburgh. 
"  Fifteen  years  later,  towards  the  close  of  his  own  life,  Chepman 
exhibited  a  fresh  instance  of  his  attachment  to  the  memory  of  his  old 
master.  Having  endowed  a  mortuary  chapel  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
cemetery  of  St.  Giles's  Church  on  the  12th  of  August,  which  was 
confirmed  under  the  Great  Seal  on  the  i6th  of  September,  1528, 
the  priest  was  enjoined  to  offer  prayers,  as  usual,  not  only  for  the 
souls  of  the  reigning  king,  for  the  founder  and  his  wife,  Agnes 
Cockburne,    and    for   Margaret    Kerkettle  or  Carkettle,    his    former 

spouse,  but  ESPECIALLY  FOR  THE    REPOSE  OF  THE   SOULS   OF   THE   KING, 
THE     NOBLES,     AND     HIS     FAITHFUL     SUBJECTS     WHO      WERE      SLAIN      AT 

Floddon."  t 

*  Apud  Edinburgh,  i  Aug.  1513. 
Rex  ad  nianum  mortuam  confirmavit  cartam  familiaris  servitoris  sui  Walt.  Chepman  de  Ewirland, 
burgensis  de  Edinburgh!, — qua,  pro  saKUe  regis  et  regine,  aninie  sue  et  Agnetis  Cokburne  tunc  sponse 
sue,  et  quondam  Mariote  Kerkettill  olim  sponse  sue,  &c.,  in  puram  elemosinam  concessit  ad  sustenta- 
tionem  unius  capellani  secularis  perpetui  ad  altare  S.  Johannis  Evangeliste  in  sacello  sive  capella 
ejusdem  per  se  noviter  fundata  in  australi  parte  Ecclesie  Collegiate  B.  Egidii  de  Edinburgh, — annuos 
redditus  subscriptos  de  terris  infra  l^urgum  de  Edinburgh,  viz.,  10  mercarum  de  tenamento  terre  sue 
cum  fronte  et  Cauda,  orto  et  pomerio  ejusdem,  in  vico  dicto  le  Kowgate,  juxta  commune  passagium  ab 
ecclesia  B.  V.  M.  de  Campo  ad  ecclesiam  Fratrum  Minorum,  2  mere,  de  terra  et  tenemento  quondam 
Jac.  Flemyng  de  Bord  in  eodem  vico,  4  mere,  de  terra  quond.  The.  Tod  militis  burgensis  dicti  burgi 
in  vico  regio,  40  sol.  de  terra  quond.  Henrici  Rind  burgensis  dicti  burgi  in  vico  regio,  13  sol.  4  den. 
de  terra  quond.  Johannis  Malcome  junioris  carnificis,  tunc  vero  Alani  Flucar,  in  dicto  burgo,  extenden. 
in  integro  ad  20  mere.  ;  necnon  40  sol.  de  suo  tenemento  terre  ex  parte  australi  vici  regii,  in  venella 
Fratrum  Predicatorura  ad  capud  precipuum  introitus  ejusdem,  distribuend.  ut  sequitur,  viz.  13  sol.  4  den. 
capellanis  chori  dicte  ecclesie  pro  anniversario  die  obitus  dicte  Mariote  Carkettill  dum  dictus  Walt, 
viveret,  et  post  dccessum  suum  die  obitus  sui ;  13  sol.  4  den.  pro  4  c.indelis  sive  cereis  ponderis  2  librarum, 
2  super  dictum  altare  et  2  super  peramidem  sive  tumulum  suum,  et  2  thedis  sive  torcheis  ponderis  3 
librarum,  circa  prefata  servitia  illuminandis,  et  pro  pulsu  campane  tam  in  ecclesia  quam  per  villam  ad 
notitiam  populi,  et  pro  ornatione  dictorum  altaris  et  tumuli  cum  cruce  et  candelabris  argenteis ;  et 
reliquos  13  sol.  4  den.  ad  sustentationem  ornamentorum  altaris,  iS:c.,  et  lampadis  olei  ardentis  coram 
dicto  altari  tempore  vesperarum  et  usque  ad  sextam  horam  singulis  noctibus  a  festo  Omnium  Sanctorum 
ad  festam  P.  V.  M. : — cum  sigillo  Walt.  Young  unius  ballivorum  dicti  burgi  sasinas  dantis: — Test.  Hen. 
Strathauchin,  Rob.  Roger,  M.  Joh.  Chepman,  D.  Joh.  Kene  capellano,  et  Joh.  Bannatyne  : — Apud 
Edinburgh!,   20  Aug.    1513  {sic). — Registriim  jMagiii  Sigilli  Hegiim  Scotorum,  1424-1^1^,  f.  S44. 

\ Poems  of  ]VilIia!ii  Dunbar,  edited  by  David  Laing,  Suppknsent,  pp.  sg^-sgj.  We  may  add  that 
the  witnesses  to  the  Charter  of  12*  August,  1528,  are  "M.  John  Chepman,  Will.  Chepman,  David 
Chepman,  et  D.  John  Kene  Capellano." 


20  Walter  Chepnian. 

Chepman  does  not  appear  to  have  survived  many  months  after 
the  confirmation  of  this  pious  endowment.  About  twenty  years  ago 
Dr.  Laing  discovered  in  an  old  Protocol  Book  an  entry  which 
determines  this  point  pretty  accurately,  It  is  there  stated  that  "on 
the  2nd  of  April,  1529,  '  proba  mulier  Agnes  Cokburne  relicta 
qjioiidatu  Walteri  Chepman,'  appeared  and  delivered  to  David 
Chepman,  son  and  heir  of  the  late  Walter  Chepman,  all  and  whole 
the  goods,  moveable  and  heritable,  pertaining  to  the  said  David  by 
reason  of  the  death  of  his  said  late  father,  &c.  At  the  same  time 
David  Chepman  conveyed  the  silver  work  specified,  and  other 
moveables,  in  free  gift  to  his  mother,  Agnes  Cockburne."  '" 

Chepman  was  buried  in  his  own  aisle  in  St.  Giles's  Church  ;  and, 
as  he  had  been  honoured  and  esteemed  during  life,  his  interment 
was  doubtless  attended  with  every  mark  of  respect  and  solemnity 
of  feeling,  t  We  are  afraid,  however,  that  his  remains  were 
afterwards  disturbed;  on  the  30th  June,  1579,  the  magistrates  of 
the  city  "grants  and  permits  that  upoun  the  west  part  of  Walter 
Chepmanis  lyle,  fernent  the  Erie  of  Murrayis  tomb  salbe  brokin, 
and  thair  ane  buriall  place  be  maid  for  the  Erie  of  Athole."  \  The 
exact  locality  of  Chepman's  resting-place  is  here  sufficiently  indicated 
to  enable  us  to  point  it  out  at  the  present  day. 

The  deeds  of  endowment  quoted  above  make  us  acquainted 
with  the  fact  that  Chepman  was  twice  married  ;  first  to  Margaret 
Kerkettle  (who  must  have  died  before  1506),  and  again  to  Agnes 
Cockburne,  who  survived  him  thirteen  or  fourteen  years.      He  left 

'Poems  of  IVilliam  Dunbar,  Siippleiiient,  pp.  3<)^-2g6.,  a  work  in  which  the  learned  editor,  Dr. 
D.ivid  Laing,  dis|)lays  that  thorough  research  and  genial  sympathy  with  his  author  which  characterise 
all  his  labours  in  illustration  of  the  lives  and  productions  of  our  earliest  writers. 

+  The  laliours  of  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  Chambers,  a  worthy  follower  of  Chepman,  in  bringing  to  light 
the  tomb  of  Walter  Chepman,  and  his  benevolent  efforts  in  restoring  the  interior  of  St.  Giles's 
Cathedral,  will  always  remain  as  memorials  of  a  great  man,  who  has  done  so  much  towards  the 
introduction  and  difl'usion  of  a  cheap  and  sound  literature,  with  which  his  name  will  ever  be  worthily 
remembered. 

X  Council  Register,   Vol.  v.,  folio  /^y. 


Walter  Chepman.  21 

a  son  David,  who  was  a  merchant  in  Edinburgh,  and  among  other 
branches  of  industry  which  he  followed  he  appears  to  have  been  a 
bookbinder,  as  we  find  that  in  March,  1539,  the  king's  treasurer 
paid  him  ten  shillings  scots  for  "  binding  and  laying  about  with 
gold  the  queen's  matin  buke."  A  nephew  of  Chepman's,  named 
John  Chepman,  was  a  burgess  of  Edinburgh  and  a  Writer  to  the 
Signet.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  property,  and  imitated 
the  works  of  piety  of  his  uncle.  In  1537  he  granted  an  annuity 
of  thirty-one  merks  out  of  certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Edinburgh 
for  the  support  of  a  chaplain  at  the  Altar  of  St.  John,  in  the  aisle 
built  and  founded  by  his  uncle. 

John  Chepman's  wife  was  named  Isobel  Henderson.  Her  name 
is  mentioned  in  the  deed  of  1537,  and  the  witnesses  are  David, 
Thomas  and  Robert  Chepman.  He  reserves  the  patronage  of  the 
chaplaincy  to  himself,  the  heirs  male  of  his  body,  his  heirs  male 
whomsoever  bearing  the  name  of  Chepman,  his  eldest  heir  female, 
&c.  The  chaplain  to  be  one  of  his  own  name  if  any  be  found  of  it  ; 
if  not,  a  relative  not  bearing  the  name  to  be  preferred  to  a  stranger.'"' 

Of  Chepman's  widow  it  is  enough  to  say  that  she  continued 
to  engage  in  business  of  one  kind  or  another  for  at  least  thirteen 
years  after  her  husband's  decease,  and  that  the  king  was  invariably 
favourable  to  her. 

In  the  preceding  notice  of  Walter  Chepman  we  have  dwelt 
almost  exclusively  on  his  career  as  a  merchant  and  citizen, 
reserving  the  examination  of  his  connection  with  printing  until 
another  chapter.  His  character  is  one  upon  which  we  can  look 
with  admiration.  His  industry  and  frugality  are  manifest  from  the 
details  of  his  life,  and  his  devotion  to  his  church,  his  king,  and  his 
family  are  beautifully  expressed  in  the  thoughtful  provisions  made 
by  him  in  anticipation  of  his  decease. 

*  Scottish  Arms,  edited  by  R.  R.  Stoddart,  Edinh.,  1881,  Vol.  ii.,  p.  143. 


22 


Walter  Chepina7i. 


The  accompanying  facsimile  of  the  signature  and  seal  of 
Chepman  is  taken  from  the  deed  of  1528,  which  is  preserved 
among  the  archives  of  the  City  of  Edinburgh. 


IfUWV 


5i&l  and  Signature  of  Walter  Chepman. 


Device  of  Anclrow  MyllBi: 


CHAPTER  IV. 

AND  ROW    MYLLAR. 

"WJ^  regret  that  our  knowledge  respecting  Chepman's  colleague, 
Andrew  Myllar,  is  extremely  scanty.  The  principal  facts 
regarding  his  partnership  with  Chepman  have  been  already  briefly 
noted.  No  doubt  Chepman  was  aware  of  Myllar's  antecedents ; 
but  his  life  as  a  printer  or  publisher,  previous  to  September,  1507, 
when  his  name  in  connection  with  that  of  Chepman  is  mentioned 
in  the  king's  Privilege,  was  for  a  long  time  concealed  from  modern 
enquirers. 

The  first  record  we  have  of  him  is  on  the  29th  March,  1503, 
when  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  was  paid  by  the  Lord  High  Treasurer 
"to  Andro  Millar  for  thir  bukis  undirwritten,  viz.  Decretum  Magnum, 
Decretales  Sextus  cum  Clementinis,  Scotus  super  quatuor  libris 
Sententiarum,  Quartum  Scoti,  Opera  Gersonis  in  tribus  voluminibus." 

On  the  22nd  December,  1507,  fifty  shillings  were  paid  by  the 
treasurer  "for  iij  prentit  bukis  to  the  King,  tane  fra  Andro  Millaris 
wif "  ;  and  the  last  time  we  meet  with  his  name  is  in  the  colophons 
of  the  productions  which  issued  from  his  own  and  his  associate 
Chepman's  press  in   1508. 

These  few  particulars  are  really  all  we  know  concerning  the  life 
of  Myllar,  and  from  them  we  gather  that  he  was  either  a  bookseller, 

E 


26  Andrew  My  liar. 

or  added  the  sale  of  books  to  whatever  occupation  he  followed.  It  is 
probable  that  he  was  not  in  this  country  in  December,  1507,  when 
the  "iij  prentit  bukis  were  tane  fra  Andro  Millaris  wif,"  and  we 
hope  in  the  sequel  to  be  able  to  convince  our  readers  that  such 
was  the  case. 

The  circumstance  in  the  lives  of  both  Chepman  and  Myllar 
which  has  the  chief  interest,  for  us,  is  their  direct  connection  with 
the  introduction  of  the  art  of  printing  into  Scotland.  We  have 
seen  that  it  was  at  the  instance  of  King  James  IV.  that  these 
two  individuals  undertook  to  establish  a  printing  press.  Our 
surprise  is,  that  with  his  strong  love  for  learning  and  literature, 
that  monarch  did  not  seek  to  introduce  the  art  into  his  kingdom  at 
an  earlier  period  of  his  reign  than  1507.  We  know  that  he  was  the 
fond  patron  of  men  of  learning  and  science,  and  that  he  himself  was 
no  mean  scholar,  since  he  was  able  to  speak  half-a-dozen  languages, 
besides  Latin.  He  had  collected  a  considerable  library  of  printed 
and  written  books  ;  and  he  appears,  indeed,  to  have  been  an  ardent 
bibliophile,  if  we  may  judge  by  his  fondness  for  sumptuously 
illuminated  and  bound  volumes.  His  books  were  bound  in  vellum, 
rein-deer  hide,  velvet,  and  other  materials,  and  many  of  them  were 
lettered  with  gold,  and  otherwise  ornamented  in  a  costly  style.  He 
employed  the  most  skilful  scribes  in  the  country  in  copying  rare  and 
favourite  works  ;  and  he  displayed  in  everything  relating  to  literature 
a  taste  and  refinement  not  common  in  Scotland  in  those  rude  times. 
The  utility  and  value  of  the  printing  press  would  obviously  often 
occur  to  him,  and  we  may  take  it  for  granted  that  the  question  of 
introducing  the  typographic  art  had  been  frequently  considered  by 
him.  But  not  until  some  special  purpose  called  for  decided  action 
in  the  matter  did  he  definitely  resolve  upon  it.  And  this  purpose 
came  in  due  course,  when  Bishop  Elphinstone  had  prepared  his 
Breviary  for  the  press.      In  selecting  Chepman  and    Myllar  as  his 


Androiv  My  liar.  27 

active  agents,  James  was  probably  guided  by  his  personal  knowledge 
of  their  character  and  qualifications ;  and  he  must  have  had  full 
confidence  in  their  ability  to  carry  out  his  wishes.  That  they  were 
worthy  of  this  confidence,  and  that  they  entered  upon  their  work  in 
good  earnest,  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  within  seven  months  of 
the  date  on  which  the  king  granted  the  patent,  several  small  pro- 
ductions had  left  their  press. 


CHAPTER  V. 


MYLLAR    IN    FRANCE. 


T  N  1869  new  and  important  light  was  thrown  upon  Myllar  by 
the  appearance  of  the  sale  catalogue  of  the  books  of  M.  Victor 
Lazarche,  of  Tours,  which  were  sold  in  Paris  that  same  year. 
The  catalogue  was  drawn  up  by  M.  A.  Claudin,  of  Paris,  who, 
for  very  many  years,  has  devoted  the  greatest  attention  to  the 
provincial  typography  of  France.  He  was  struck  by  the  singular 
character  of  the  device,  bearing  the  name  of  Androw  Myllar,  found 
in  a  liturgical  work  dated  1506.  As  the  book,  entitled  Expositio 
Sequentiaruni,  was  quite  new  to  himself,  and  entirely  unknown  to 
bibliographers,  M.  Claudin  deemed  it  worth  while  to  insert  facsimiles 
of  both  the  device  and  the  colophon  in  the  catalogue.  A  copy 
of  this  catalogue  fortunately  came  into  the  hands  of  the  late  Dr. 
David  Laing,  who  at  once  recognised  the  device  as  that  used  by 
Myllar  in  the  books  printed  by  him  and  Chepman  in  1508.  Dr. 
Laing  urged  the  authorities  of  the  British  Museum  to  endeavour 
to  secure  the  Book  of  Sequences  at  the  sale  ;  and  this  they  had  the 
satisfaction  of  doing,  at  a  cost  of  .1^40.  This  volume  supplies 
so  interesting  and  important  a  link  in  the  history  of  Androw 
Myllar,  that  we  venture  to  consider  such  testimony  cheaply  purchased. 
The  work  in  question  does  not  indicate  where  it  was  printed,  nor 


Myllar  in  France.  29 

does  it  give  the  printer's  name,  further  than  that  of  Androw  Myllar 
on  the  sill  of  the  device  ;  but  M.  Claudin,  after  a  comparison  of 
the  types,  gave  his  opinion  that  the  book  was  printed  with  the 
characters  used  by  Laurence  Hostingue,  who  exercised  his  art, 
along  with  Jamet  Loys,  in  Rouen,  at  the  date  specified.*  It  is  a 
curious  and  interesting  coincidence,  that  the  device  of  England's 
proto-typographer  should  be  first  found  in  a  liturgical  work  printed 
for  him  by  William  Maynyal  at  Paris  in  1487  ;  so  that  Caxton's 
hitherto  undeciphered  device,  as  well  as  Myllar's  punning  one,  had 
a  French  origin  ;  a  conclusion  which  might  easily  be  established 
regarding  Myllar's,  from  the  circumstance  that  it  displays  two  small 
shields  at  the  top  corners,  each  charged  with  three  flenrs  de  lis.  t 
As  soon  as  M.  Claudin,  who  is  of  Scottish  extraction,  learned  that 
Myllar  was  a  Scotsman,  he  redoubled  his  efforts  to  obtain  further 
information  regarding  him,  and  early  in  1878  he  was  rewarded  by 
discovering  Myllar's  name  in  the  colophon  of  a  book  printed  in  1505. 
One  can  imagine  the  feelings  of  such  an  enthusiastic  bibliographer 
as  M.  Claudin  when  he  stumbled  upon  a  work  which  yielded  such 
important  information.  It  is  a  black-letter  quarto  of  sixty-two  folios, 
by  Joannes  de  Garlandia,  and  treats  of  equivocal  words.  There 
is  no  place  of  printing  noted,  but  we  are  satisfied  that  Rouen 
was  the  locality  where  the  book  had  its  birth.  The  volume  was 
discovered  by  M.  Claudin  in  a  private  library  at  Dinant  in  Bretagne; 
and  at  the  sale  of  the  collection  the  work  was  purchased  by  M. 
Claudin,  for  the  Bibliotheque  Nationale,  at  the  very  moderate  price 
of  ^16  or  ;^  17.  It  is  very  satisfactory  to  know  that  this  priceless 
volume  is  now  in  a  national  collection,  and  accessible  to  students. 

*  Laurentius  Hostingue  and  Jametus  Loys  printed  an  edition  of  Vocabula  Magistri  Staiibrigii,  at 
.Rouen,  in  1510,  for  Martin  Coessin,  dwelling  at  Exeter.  Martin  Coessin  had  also  printed  at  Rouen, 
at  his  own  expense,  Cato  cum  Commento,  by  Richard  Goupil.     See  Ames,  p.  486,  and  Herbert,  p.  1530. 

t  It  is  but  right  to  note  that  shortly  after  the  closing  of  the  London  Caxton  Exhibition,  M.  Claudin 
sent  an  interesting  letter  regarding  the  work  above  referred  to,  and  its  printer,  to  the  editor  of  La 
Typologie,  Tucker,  15'''  Nov.,  1877,  which  contains  many  particulars  concerning  Androw  Myllar. 


30  Myllar  in  France. 

It  would  be  somewhat  rash  to  conclude  that  Myllar  was  the 
actual  printer  of  the  Book  of  Sequences  because  his  device  is  found 
in  it.  Regarding  it,  however,  in  the  light  of  our  knowledge  of  him 
at  another  date,  we  feel  no  hesitation  in  attributing  the  publication 
of  the  work  to  his  enterprise. 

We  are  differently  situated  when  we  consider  the  part  taken  by 
Myllar  in  the  production  of  the  "  Book  of  Words  Equivocal." 
Appended  to  it  we  have  a  lengthy  colophon,  in  which  the  Scotsman's 
name  appears,  and  a  definite  share  of  the  transaction  is  placed  to  his 
credit.  In  another  page  we  give  a  facsimile  of  the  colophon,  but 
here  we  shall  place  before  our  readers  a  literal  translation  of  the 
lines,  followed  by  a  short  examination  of  the  precise  meaning  of  the 
terms  employed,  so  far  as  they  concern  Androw  Myllar.  The 
colophon  is  as  follows: — "The  Book  of  certain  'Words  Equivocal,' 
in  alphabetical  order,  along  with  an  interpretation  in  the  English 
tongue,  has  been  happily  finished.  Which  (work)  Androw  Myllar, 
a  Scotsman,  has  been  solicitous  should  be  printed  with  admirable 
art  and  corrected  with  diligent  care,  both  in  orthographic  style, 
according  to  the  ability  available,  and  cleared  from  obscurity.  In 
the  year  of  the  Christian  Redemption,  one  Thousand  five  hundred 
and  fifth." 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  the  above  colophon  Myllar  does  not 
assume  the  credit  of  having  printed  the  work  ;  he  was  "  solicitous  " 
that  it  "should  be  printed  with  admirable  art,"  but  these  are  not  the 
terms  which  would  have  been  used  had  he  printed  the  book  himself. 
The  most  that  can  be  inferred  from  the  colophon  is  that  Myllar  may 
have  exercised  some  personal  superintendence  in  the  printing,  but 
even  that  we  consider  doubtful.  It  will  be  noted  that  his  solicitude 
applied  to  the  subject-matter  of  the  work  as  well  as  to  its  typo- 
graphic excellence.  In  short,  it  was  a  speculation  in  which  he 
was  the  publisher,   and  naturally  the  work  was  printed  in  Rouen, 


My  liar  in  France.  31 

the  great  emporium  for  such  work  in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth 
centuries.  That  Myllar  acquired  his  practical  knowledge  of  printing 
in  that  school  we  have  no  doubt,  and  that  he  worked  with  his  own 
hands  in  the  execution  of  the  two  books,  printed  for  him  in  Nor- 
mandy, is  possible,  but  we  have  no  evidence  to  prove  that  he  can 
in  any  other  sense  be  said  to  have  printed  in  France. 


CHAPTER  YI. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL    NOTICES    OF   MYLLAR'S 
FRENCH    WORKS. 

1505     1\  /T  ULTORUM     vocabulorum     equiuocorum     interpre-    |    tatio. 
I-     ^^ ^         Magistri    Johannis  de  Garlandia  :    gram-  |  matico  &  latini 
cupido  per  maxime  necessaria  In-  |  cipit. 

Quarto.  1505.  Without  place,  but  printed  at  Rouen  for 
Androw  Myllar. 

COLLATION. 

abcdefghik  have  all  six  leaves  each,  and  1  has  two  leaves, 
making  in  all  62  leaves,  of  which  none  are  blank. 

TYPOGRAPHICAL    PARTICULARS. 

The  work  Is  printed  in  black  letter  type,  with  43  lines  to  a  full 
page.  The  words  are  arranged  alphabetically  in  the  margin.  The 
full  page  of  type,  including  signature,  measures  5-|  in.  x  3I  in.,  the 
paper  measuring  7  in.  x  5   in. 

The  arrangement  of  the  signatures  is  the  same  as  in  the 
Expositio  Scquentiarum,  with  the  exception  of  tht;  first  sheet. 
Folio  I  [aj  ] ;  Title,  i'' blank;  2,  with  sig.  aij,  first  page  of  text;  3, 
with  sig.  aiij  ;  4,  with  sig.  aij  repeated  ;  5  and  6,  without  signatures. 
Folio  7,  sig.  b  ;  8,  no  sig.  ;  9,  sig.  bij  ;    10,  11,  12,  no  sig.     Folio  13, 


matico(iIatinixuptoop6J3majCtttte«c«(ratla3liJt 


Titlepage  of  Garlandia,  1505. 


My  liar  s  French    ]]'orks.  35 

sig.  c  ;  14,  no  sig.  ;  15,  sig.  cij  ;  16,  17,  18,  no  sig.  Folio  19,  sig.  d  ; 
20,  without  sig.  ;  21,  sig.  dij  ;  and  so  on  to  the  end.  This  peculiar 
arrangement  of  the  sheets  is  common  to  both  books  printed  for 
Myllar  in  France,  and  will  be  explained  in  the  description  of  the 
"  Sequences."  The  colophon  is  on  folio  62  verso,  as  given  in  the 
accompanying  facsimile,  which  also  shows  the  last  seven  lines  of  the 
text.  At  page  30  we  have  given  a  translation  of  this  colophon, 
and  expressed  our  opinion  that  this  work  was  printed  at  Rouen  for 

xm^ht  .4^o1)OirejH;u(atf«(eI)Umnffdfefli(Uuo  U&;um  raum  to 

<et,01a&)  cmtfuofiileftfb  eft  ticelc0i\]f  l  tioccdpucrfi^i>t{lnoue]U0%f 
teirpra.r(Rtorcattfiioai.3i^» 

tronemstteimgue;  ©liff  impofitits  eft  feUcitctv 
qimmainj^eas  ju^Haurcotuswimarte  immx 

m  fectt!m0r«ppei^bat:aiucIeat£icBionicfttt«  S 
ftltonticfe{ft(atieteijemptfoni0#(aefi(mo^tte 
ijmteftmoouftito» 

Colophon  of  Garlandia,  7505. 

Andrew  Myllar,  but  here  we  must  say  a  few  words  on  the  woodcut, 
and  on  the  character  of  the  types  used.  The  engraving,  which, 
together  with  four  lines  of  black-letter,  forms  the  title,  represents 
the  interior  of  a  chamber,  in  which  a  teacher,  seated,  with  lecturn 
and  books  before  him,  appears  to  be  instructing  scholars  who  are 
not  visible  in  the  picture.  The  roof  of  the  chamber  seems  to  be 
of  the  same  shape  as  the  rounded  arch  which  is  on  the  right  of  the 
picture.       Through   this  arch  we  catch  a  glimpse  of  a  hill,  with  a 


o 


6  Myllars  French   Works. 


castle  on  its  summit.  The  cutting  is  simple,  but  forcible,  and  the 
expression  of  the  face  is  by  no  means  unpleasant.  The  form  of  the 
types  is  decidedly  Norman,  and  if  we  compare  the  specimens  given 
above  with  the  title  and  colophon  of  the  other  book  printed  for 
Myllar  in  France,  we  can  have  very  little  doubt  of  both  works 
having  issued  from  the  same  press  ;  mo.st  likely  that  of  Laurence 
Hostinofue. "" 


'&^ 


1506  Expositio  Sequentiarum,  seu  Prosarum  secundum  Usum  Sarum.  t 

2-  Quarto.      1506.     With  device  of  Androw  Myllar,  but  printed  at 

Rouen  by  L.  Hostingue. 

COLLATION. 

a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h  i  k  have  all  6  leaves  each,  making  a  total  of  60 
leaves,  of  which  none  are  blank. 

TYPOGRAPHICAL   PARTICULARS. 

Two  sizes  of  type  are  used,  the  larger  for  the  head-lines  and  the 
text  of  the  Sequences  ;  the  other  for  the  Expository  Remarks  which 
follow  immediately  after  each  Sequence.  Both  types  are  what  is 
called  black-letter,  and  of  the  larger,  9  lines  (which  is  the  greatest 
number  found  together)  measure  if  inch.  Of  the  smaller  type 
20  lines  measure  2^  inches.  A  full  page  varies  in  depth  from  ^\  in. 
to  6  in.,  mostly  5I  in.  the  width,  3^  inches  being  constant.  It  would 
be  useless  to  count  the  number  of  lines  to  a  page,  because  the  two 
sizes  of  type  are  so  intermingled.  Woodcut  initials  occupying  three 
lines  in  depth  are  common.    The  head-lines  are  the  same  throughout 

•  For  the  above  particvil.irs  we  are  in(le1)te(l  to  M.  lierjcau,  who,  at  ihe  request  of  Mr.  William 
Blades,  sent  a  collation  of  the  work. 

tWe   must  express   our   warm   gratitude   to   Mr.    William    Wades  fur   the   following   very   lucid 
description  of  the  "Sequences." 


Titlepage  of  the  Expositio  Sequcniiarani,  1506. 


Myllars  Freiic/i   Works.  39 

on   the   verso,    being   the  title  of    the   work :    they   vary,    however, 
typographically,   thus : — 

Expositio  sequentiarum. 

Expositio  sequctiarum. 

Expositio  Sequentiarum. 

Expositio  Sequetiarum. 

Exposiiio  Sequentiarum. 

Expositio.  Sequentiarum. 
There  is  a  printed  folio  to  every  recto,  which  is  all  there  is  in  the 
head-line,  only  the  title-page  not  having  any  folio,  and  the  second 
leaf  being  folio  i.,  the  numbers  are  all  wrong  up  to  xxvii.,  which, 
being  followed  by  xxix.,  makes  it  all  right  from  there  to  the  end.* 
There  are  not  any  catchwords. 

The  signatures  are  peculiar  and  require  some  explanation.  As 
the  title-page  renders  sig.  a  abnormal,  we  will  take  sig.  b  as  our 
example,  of  which  the  six  leaves  are  represented  in  the  following 
diagram  : — 


bii. 


Without  sig.  ^^ — . 
b.  "- — 


Every  section  is  signed  on  the  first  and  third  recto,  and,  as  seen 
above,  the  third  leaf  is  bii.  and  not  biii.  To  this  rule  there  is  only 
a  single  exception — sig.  f — -which  is  signed  on  the  first  three  leaves 
f ,  fii.,  fiii.  The  reason  for  this  method  of  signature  (viz.,  on  ist  and 
3rd  folios)  is  that  the  work  is  printed  in  alternate  sheets  and  half- 
sheets,  the  latter  being  placed  inside  the  former.  Thus  the  sheet 
being  signed  on  the  first  page  was  sufficient  guide  for  the  binder, 
and  when  folded  in  quarto  would  of  course  leave  what  we  find,  the 

*  Folios  xiv.  and  xv.  are  marked  xiii.  and  xiiii.  Folios  xxviii.-lviii.  are  marked  by  mistake  xxix., 
XXX.,  xxix.,  XXX.,  xxxiii.,  xxxvi.,  xxxv.,  xxxvi.,  on  to  xlviii.,  then  xlxix.  (sic),  1.,  11.,  on  to  lix.  The 
last  leaf  is  not  numbered. — T.  P.  E. 


40  A/ylhxi's  French    Works. 

second  leaf  without  signature :  inside  this  would  be  placed  the 
half-sheet,  which,  according  to  trade  rules,  would  be  signed  ii. 
But  why  were  half-sheets  used  at  all  ?  Simply  because  the  early 
paper  was  very  defective,  and  as  the  manufacturers  sent  to  market 
the  whole  make,  good  and  bad,  the  printers  always  had  to  sort  it. 
The  sheets  which  were  too  defective  to  use  whole  were  cut  in  half 
and  used  as  we  see.  It  appears,  indeed,  that  for  this  book  the 
printer  had  a  surplus  of  half-sheets,  for  in  sig.  f  he  has  used  three 
half-sheets,  which  accounts  for  the  exceptional  method  of  signing, 
as  already  noticed. 

The  Book  begins  on  the  first  recto  of  sig.  a  v/ith  the  title  : — 
C  Expositio  Sequentiarum 
immediately  beneath  which  is  a  woodcut,  \%  in.  x  y\  in.,  representing 
a  doctor  seated,  with  books  placed  on  a  desk  by  his  side.  His  left 
hand  is  raised  apparently  in  the  act  of  blessing  a  pupil  kneeling 
before  him  and  writing  what  appears  to  be  music  on  a  staff  of  four 
lines.  This  woodcut  is  reprinted  on  the  recto  of  sig.  k  6.  The 
verso  of  a  I   is  blank.     On  a  2  recto  (not  signed) 

Folio  J. 
€1  Dominica  prima  aduentus. 

SAlus  eterna    indeficiens    mundi    vita  :    |    Lux    sepiterna  :    & 
redeptio  vere  nostra  | 
and  so  on  to  sig.   k  5  recto,   the  last  lines  of  which  are  : — 

I    letabudo^    gaudiorum    sed    et    donet    id    est    concedet    nobis 
perfrui  id  e  vti  |  beatorum  .scz  gaudiis.     Amen. 

C  Sequentiarum   seu    Prosarum   secun-  |  dum   vsum   Sarum    in 
ecclesia  Anglicana  |  per  totum   annum   cantandarum  :  diligen-  |  ter- 
que  correctarum  finiunt  feliciter.   Anno  |  dni  Millesimo  quingentesimo 
sexto  deci-  |  ma  die.  Junii.  | 
This  is  on   k  s   recto. 


My  liar  s  French    Works.  41 

The  verso  begins  : — Tabula  sequentiarum. 

C  Alma  chor5'  Letabudus  exultet 

dni  fo.  xxi  fidelis  xxv 

and  ends: — Lauda  syon  sal  C  Zima  vetus  ex- 


uatorem       xxni 


purgetur  xn 


Q  Finis  tabule  sequentiarum. 
On  sig.  k  6  recto  is  the  woodcut  of  the  doctor  and  pupil,  as  already 
noticed,  and  the  whole  of  k  6  verso  is  occupied  with  the  device  of 
Myllar — a  windmill,  with  the  miller  entering,  and  ascending  a  ladder 
with  a  sack  of  grain  upon  his  back.  At  each  of  the  two  top 
corners  is  a  shield  bearing  three  fleurs  de  lis.  Beneath  the  mill  is  a 
monogram  on  a  shield ;  and,  at  foot  of  all,  in  a  straight  compartment, 
"Androv  myllar,"  in  large  black-letter  characters. 

^^cjtientiatum  feu  iBzoCawmi  feran^ 
Dura  tfum  ^acum  in  ecclefia  ^glicana 
X^n  totum  anmira  cantanDamni :  biligen 
ter^Bco^tcctanitn  finlunt  felfrttet.  SCnno 
Dili  {ipflrcCim  0  Qutngentefiwo  fejcto  Den=» 
maoic.Jumi. 

Colophon  of  the  Exposilio  Sequentiarum,  1506. 

The  watermarks  are  not  easily  examined,  being  in  the  back  of 
the  book,  and  the  binding  new  and  strong.  There  appears,  however, 
to  be  only  one,  which  seems  like  a  hill  (or  cup  i*)  surmounted  by  a 
cross. 

The  rare  copy  from  which  this  account  is  taken  is  a  small  quarto, 
bound  in  brown  calf,  measuring,  without  the  boards,  7f  in.  x  5^  in., 
and  is  preserved  in^  the  British  Museum  Library.  It  is  entered  in 
the  catalogue  under  "  Liturgies.  Rome,  Church  of.  Salisbury. 
Sequences."  The  press-mark  is  "  C.  35.  c.  6."  It  was  purchased  in 
1869  at  Paris,  in  public  sale,  for   1000  francs.       I    quote    the   Sale 

G 


42  Myllars  French   Works. 

Catalogue  : — "  Catalogue  des  livres  rares  composant  la  Bibliotheque 
de  M.  Victor  Luzarche,  de  Tours,  Paris,  1869."  Lot  6157  (p.  319), 
"  Hymnaire  de  Salisbury.  Expositio  Sequentiarum.  Edition  rarissime. 
Elle  n'est  decrite  nulle  part,  et  est  executee  avec  les  caractdres  de 
Laurent  Hostingue,  ainsi  que  nous  avons  pu  nous  en  assurer  par 
une  mineutieuse  comparaison  du  Theodolus  portant  le  nom  de 
Hostingue  et  decrit  sous  le  No.  1212  du  present  Catalogue." 
Hostingue,  says  a  note,  was  in  business  at  Rouen  in  1506,  in 
partnership  with  J.  Loys,  near  the  Marche  neuf,  and  did  not  settle 
at  Caen  until  1508.     The  "Theodolus"  here  noticed  is  not  in  the 

C  ^ttccfce/miiw  eicplanatio  tijco 
DoM  Immcffa  Caoomi  Umpmfa 

tnacc  bibWopoIacfi  Ijumtce  bniuet* 
Otatts  CC^omdi  .oga  ^oUautttff 
iomngue*lnnot>ntmflIef(mo  qui 
Qente(imonono0ie)7eto  r^pttma 

Colophon  of  the  Theodolus,  1509. 

British  Museum,  but  a  facsimile  of  its  type  is  given  at  the  end  of  the 
catalogue,  as  also  Myllar's  mark,  and  a  facsimile  of  the  "Sequences" 
type.  If  accurately  traced,  which  is  probably  not  the  case,  there  is 
sufficient  variation  to  prove  that  the  types  of  the  two  books  are 
from  different  matrices. 

The  "Sequences"  is  not  mentioned  by  Frere  in  "Livres  de 
Liturgie  des  Eglises  d'Angleterre  imprimes  a  Rouen." 

When  purchased  the  volume  was  in  the  original  vellum  binding, 
in  which  state  I  devoutly  wish  it  had  been  allowed  to  remain. 

W.   13. 

October   19,   1870. 


CHAPTER  Vn. 

MYLLAR    A    PRACTICAL    PRINTER. 

T^TE  shall  now  briefly  recapitulate  the  information  we  have 
acquired  concerning  Androw  Myllar,  with  a  view  to  the 
consideration  of  the  question  of  his  practical  knowledge  of  the  art 
of  printing,  prior  to  the  establishment  of  the  first  Scottish  press. 
We  have  noticed  six  distinct  incidents  in  his  life.  He  appears  as  a 
bookseller  in  1503  and  1507  ;  as  a  publisher  in  1505  and  1506  ;  as  a 
partner  with  Chepman  in  the  privilege  of  1507,  and  in  the  printing 
office  at  Edinburgh  in  1508. 

Myllar's  early  acquaintance  with  Rouen  and  its  typographers  has 
been  sufficiently  proved  from  the  fact  that  two  books  bearing  his 
name  were  printed  in  that  city.  Chepman  appears  to  have  known 
Myllar's  qualifications,  and  arranged  to  join  him  in  establishing  a 
printing  press  in  Edinburgh.  It  may  be  that  Myllar  had  gone 
abroad  to  make  himself  master  of  the  art  for  the  very  purpose  of 
returning  to  his  native  country  and  introducing  it  there.  Chepman 
was  undoubtedly  alive  to  the  usefulness  of  a  local  press,  and  he  took 
advantage  of  a  combination  of  circumstances,  which  arose  in  1 507, 
to  favour  its  establishment.  Myllar  seems  to  have  been  prepared, 
as  far  as  e.xperience  went,  and  doubtless  was  quite  willing  to  assist 
in  the  erection   of  a    press   in    Edinburgh.       Chepman    knew    that 


44  Myllar  a  Practical  Printer. 

Bishop  Elphinstone  had  the  Breviary  of  Aberdeen  ready  for  the 
press,  and  that  he  would  prefer  to  have  it  printed  under  his  own 
immediate  inspection  ;  that  William  Dunbar  had  plenty  of  poetry  on 
hand,  which  he  would  have  no  objection  to  see  in  print ;  and  that  the 
king  himself  was  in  every  way  favourable  to  the  introduction  of  a 
press  into  his  kingdom.  It  is  a  matter  of  small  moment  whether  we 
allow  that  the  king  took  the  initiative  in  the  matter,  and  that  it  was 
really  at  his  instance  and  request,  and  for  his  pleasure,  that  Chepman 
and  Myllar  undertook  to  establish  a  press  in  Edinburgh,  or  that  he 
was  prompted  to  this  beneficial  measure  by  the  above-named  literary 
worthies.  We  may  take  it  for  granted  that  Chepman  had  made  the 
king  acquainted  with  the  important  fact  that  Androw  Myllar  was 
ready  to  undertake  the  practical  management  of  the  printing-office, 
and  that  the  opportunity  was  therefore  at  hand  for  the  immediate 
introduction  of  the  art.  We  are  inclined  to  think  that,  but  for  a 
certain  preparedness  on  the  part  of  Myllar,  the  establishment  of  a 
printing-press  in  Edinburgh  might  have  been  indefinitely  postponed. 
It  is  significant  to  note  that  in  December,  1507,  three  months  after 
the  king  had  granted  the  Privilege,  Myllar  was  not  in  this  country. 
We  imagine  that  he  was  in  Rouen,  the  school  where  his  practical 
knowledge  of  printing  seems  to  have  been  acquired,  providing 
•  himself  with  all  the  essentials  which  were  necessary  to  enable  him 
to  make  a  start  in  Scotland.  In  selecting  workmen,  he  would 
probably  choose  one  or  two  of  his  old  shop-mates  to  accompany 
him — men  experienced  in  the  various  branches  of  the  typographic 
art,  and  with  whom  he  would  be  able  to  converse  freely  in  their 
native  tongue. 

Among  the  "stuff"  belonging  to  the  printing  materials  "  brocht 
hame"  by  Myllar,  we  must  particularly  notice  the  woodcut  device 
of  Walter  Chepman.'^       It  is   French  to  the   back-bone,   and   the 

*  Represented  in  facsimile,  facing  page  13. 


Oec/ce  of  Philippe  Pigouchet. 


My  liar  a  Practical  Printer.  47 

principal  portions  of  it  are  borrowed  from  the  mark  of  Philippe 
Pigouchet,  of  Paris.  The  male  and  female  figures  are  faithfully 
copied,  even  to  the  small  crosses  on  their  knees.  The  shield  has 
the  initials  W  C  very  elegantly  interlaced  in  the  style  of  the  S  V 
upon  the  device  of  Simon  Vostre  ;  but  in  Chepman's  device,  the 
tree  from  which  the  shield  depends  is  an  oak  bearing  several  acorns, 
while  in  Pigouchet's  it  resembles  a  palm  bearing  a  large  globular 
fruit.  Chepman's  device  has  no  ornamental  border,  and  instead  of 
the  chaste  letters  composing  the  name  of  Philippe  Pigouchet  on  the 
scroll,  we  have  "  Walterus  Chepman  "  in  a  somewhat  heavy  black 
letter. 

Myllar's  device*  may  be  described  here.  It  is  a  trifle  larger  than 
Chepman's,  and  displays  a  windmill,  with  a  miller  ascending  the 
outside  ladder,  carrying  a  sack  of  grain  on  his  back.f  In  this  Myllar 
follows  the  e.xample  of  many  of  the  early  French  printers,  it  being 
a  common  custom  with  them  to  make  a  punning  or  witty  allusion 
to  their  names  form  a  prominent  feature  of  their  marks.  A 
shield,  suspended  from  the  stem  of  the  mill,  contains  a  monogram 
combining  all  the  letters  of  Myllar's  surname.  In  each  of  the  upper 
corners  of  the  device  there  is  a  small  shield,  charged  with  three 
fieurs  de  lis,  and  in  the  compartment  at  the  lower  margin  of  the 
mark  is  the  name  of  the  printer,  "  Androv  myllar,"  in  large  Gothic 
characters. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  research  has  hitherto  failed  to  discover 
any  trace  of  Myllar  after  the  date  on  which  his  name  appears  in  the 
colophons  of  his  own  works  (April,  1508).  The  veil  of  obscurity 
enshrouds  the  last  days  of  his  life,  and  we  are  left  to  conjecture 
what  we  please  respecting  his  fate. 

*  A  facsimile,  actual  size,  faces  page  25. 

+  A  pattern  similar  to  Myllar's  device,  with  the  name  Jehan  Moulin,  is  found  on  a  pair  of  book- 
covers  in  the  Bodleian  library,   Douce  collection. 


48  Alyllar  a  Practical  Pi-inter. 

We  have  said  enough,  we  think,  to  show  that  Andrew  Myllar 
was  a  practical  printer,  and  that  when  he  came  to  Edinburgh  to 
establish  its  earliest  press,  he  had  a  certain  amount  of  technical 
experience  to  aid  him.  Chepman,  on  the  other  hand,  had  had  no 
opportunity  of  acquiring  a  practical  knowledge  of  printing,  and  we 
believe  that  when  the  Southgait  press  was  put  in  operation,  he  was 
entirely  ignorant  of  the  details  of  the  art.  But  he  has  undoubted 
claims  to  our  regard,  inasmuch  as  he  was  the  monied  partner  in  the 
concern,  and  supplied  the  capital,  without  which  the  enterprise 
could  not  have  been  carried  on.  He  encouraged  the  art,  like  many 
generous  spirits  in  the  early  days  of  printing,  but,  nevertheless,  he 
was  not  a  printer.  He  has  no  claim  to  be  regarded  as  the  "  Scottish 
Caxton,"  and  no  title  to  be  ranked  among  the  grand  old  masters  of 
typography.  Androw  Myllar,  however,  stands  in  a  different  light. 
Although  his  workmanship  may  have  been  rude,  it  is  to  him  that  the 
honour  belongs  of  having  been  Scotland's  first  printer. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 


THE     SOUTHGAir    PRESS. 


A  FTER  the  Letter  of  Privilege  was  granted  to  them,  Chepman 
and  Myllar  lost  no  time  in  procuring  plant  and  proceeding 
to  exercise  their  new  art.  Their  printing  house  was  situated  in 
the  Southgait  (now  the  Cowgate)  of  Edinburgh,  at  the  foot  of 
Blackfriars  Wynd ;  and,  as  early  as  April,  1 508  (perhaps  even 
earlier),  they  issued  several  small  productions  from  their  press. 
The  proof  of  this  lies  in  the  fortunate  existence  of  a  volume  of 
unique  pieces  printed  by  them.  This  precious  treasure  was  dis- 
covered somewhere  in  Ayrshire  in  1785.  At  that  time  it  belonged 
to  Mr.  Alston  of  Glasgow,  and  in  1788  it  was  presented  by  him, 
through  Dr.  Farquharson  of  Edinburgh,  to  the  Library  of  the 
Faculty  of  Advocates.  The  volume  was  in  a  dilapidated  condition, 
deficient  in  many  of  its  leaves,  and  what  remained  of  the  margins 
almost  worn  off  It  was  afterwards  taken  to  London  by  Richard 
Heber,  who  placed  it  in  the  hands  of  Charles  Herring,  a  thorough 
bibliopegist,  who  has  done  his  best  to  render  it  a  lasting  evidence 
of  his  skill.  Each  leaf  is  inlaid  within  a  tough  sheet  of  tinted 
paper,  so  that  the  text  revels  in  most  ample  margin,  and  the  student 
is  enabled  to  examine  the  work  without  fear  of  damaging  the  slender 
texture   of    the   original    paper.       The    missing    leaves    have    been 

H 


50  The  Soutligait  Press. 

supplied  by  blank  sheets  of  the  same  material  as  the  margins  of  the 
others,  and  the  volume,  elegantly  and  substantially  bound  in  dark 
russia,  presents  the  dimensions  of  a  goodly  quarto.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  to  remark  that  it  is  justly  prized  as  the  princeps  libroruin 
of  the  chief  Scottish  library,  and  undoubtedly  contains  some  of  the 
first,  if  not  the  very  first,  efforts  of  the  Scottish  press. 

Very  early  in  the  present  century  Dr.  Laing  undertook  the 
reproduction  of  this  volume  in  facsimile,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
supply  the  deficiencies  of  the  originals.  Although  announced  as 
in  course  of  preparation  in  1814,  it  was  not  published  till  1827. 
Various  circumstances  retarded  its  appearance.  Difficulties  of  no 
ordinary  kind  had  to  be  surmounted,  and  "  after  these  had  been 
well  overcome,  and  the  volume  completed,  with  the  exception  only 
of  the  preliminary  notices  intended  to  be  prefixed  to  it,  there  hap- 
pened a  disastrous  fire,  which  consumed  the  premises  [of  Abram 
Thomson,  bookbinder.  Old  Fish- Market  Close,  High  Street,]  where 
the  printed  sheets  were  deposited,  and  thus  the  greater  portion  of  the 
volume  was  either  entirely  destroyed,  or  left  in  a  state  altogether 
useless.  By  reprinting  several  of  the  sheets,  the  publishers  ...  at 
length  succeeded  in  completing  a  certain  number  of  copies,  with 
the  view  of  fulfilling  their  engagements  to  those  gentlemen  who 
had  originally  become  subscribers." '''  Seventy-two  copies  on  paper 
and  four  on  vellum  were  thus  secured,  any  one  of  which  ranks  high 
in  the  estimation  of  all  lovers  of  bibliographical  rarities,  t  The 
reprint  is  not  an  exact  facsimile  of  the  type,  nor  is  an  attempt  made 
to  show  that  there  is  any  distinction  between  the  three  different 
kinds  of  type  used  in  the  production  of  the  first  nine,  the  tenth, 
and  the  eleventh  pieces.      In  his  learned  introduction  to  the  work, 

"  The  Knightly  Tale  of  Golagrus  and  Gawaiie,  and  other  Ancient  Poems.     Introduction,  p.  6. 

t  One  of   the  four  vellum   copies  was  sold   at   Dr.    I.iing's   Sale  in   Dercmlier,    1879,   .inil   was 
purch.ascd  by  Mr.  Quarilcti  for  ^71. 


Tlic  Soutligait  Press.  51 

Dr.  Laing  has  given  much  interesting  information  concerning  our 
earliest  printers,  information  which  we  gladly  acknowledge  to  have 
made  use  of 

We  shall  now  endeavour  to  give  a  collation  of  the  several  pieces, 
and  it  may  be  as  well  to  notice  them  in  the  order  in  which  the 
originals  are  bound  together  in  the  volume. 

1508  I. — The  Porteous  of  Noblenes. 

3*  Only  the  last  three  leaves  remain.     On  the  recto  of  the  ultimate 

leaf  is  the  following  colophon  : — 

On  the  reverse  is  the  device  of  Androw  Myllar. 

This  singular  composition,  in  commendation  of  the  twelve 
virtues  "in  ane  nobil  man,"  is  the  only  prose  production  in  the 
volume,  but  it  concludes  with  the  following  stanza,  which  immediately 
precedes  the  colophon  : — 

Nobles  report  your  matynis  in  this  buke 
And  wysely  luk  ye  be  not  contrefeit 
Nor  to  retrete  sen  leaute  seikis  na  nuke 
And  god  forsuke  breuily  for  to  treit 
All  that  fals  ar  and  noblis  contrefeit. 
A  complete  page  of  text  has  32  lines,  and  measures,  as  nearly 
as  possible,  5f  in.  x  3f  in.     The  comma  is  represented  by  an  oblique 
.stroke,  /.     The  initials  of  the  four  divisions,  or  vertus,  of  the  text 
which  remain,  viz.,  T  L  O  and  O,  are  heavy  two-line  gothic  letters. 


52  The  Southgait  Press. 

Dr.  Laing  in  his  reprint  supplies  the  missing  leaves  from  a  copy 
in  the  Asloan  manuscript,  and  from  which  it  appears  that  the  original 
must  have  had  seven  leaves  of  text,  besides,  in  all  probability,  a 
preliminary  leaf,  which  may  have  contained  on  the  recto  the  title 
over  Chepman's  device,  the  reverse  being  blank. 


1508  II. — The  Knightly  Tale  of  Golagros  and  Gawane. 

4- 

This  piece  is  complete  in  its  text,  the  title  only  being  absent. 

There  are  present  twenty-three  leaves ;  on  the  recto  of  the  last  is 

the  following  colophon  : — 

Myllar's  device  is  displayed  on  the  verso. 

Signatures  are  found  on  the  recto  of  second  leaf  present  (aij), 
eighth  (bij),  twelfth  (c),  fourteenth  (cij),  eighteenth  (d),  and  twentieth 
(dij).  But  assuming  a  preliminary  leaf  with  title  and  Chepman's 
device,  the  signatures  would  then  be  on  the  third,  ninth,  thirteenth, 
fifteenth,  nineteenth,  and  twenty-first  leaves.  The  piece  must  there- 
fore have  been  composed  of  four  ternions,  the  first  leaf  of  each 
bearing  the  single  unnumbered  letter.  We  here  find  Myllar  following 
exactly  the  same  method  of  signing  his  sheets  which  was  adopted 
with  the  "Expositio  Sequentiarum,"  as  Mr.  Blades  explained  in  a 
former  chapter. 

The  Knightly  Tale  ends  on  the  verso  of  the  twenty-first  leaf 
with  "  Explicit,"  and  the  following  three  pages  are  occupied  by  a 
"  Balade  "  of  eight  eight-line  verses. 


The  Souihgait  Press.  53 

Dr.  Laing  says  of  the  Tale  of  Golagros  and  Gawane,  that  "  this 
ancient  and  singular  romance  belongs  to  a  class  of  compositions 
usually  regarded  as  peculiar  to  Scotland.  .  .  No  other  copy  of  it  has 
been  discovered.  The  language  of  this  romance  ...  is  so  remarkably 
uncouth,  and  the  structure  of  the  verse  so  singular,  as  to  warrant  us 
in  assigning  it  to  a  very  early  period  of  our  literature  ;  certainly  to 
some  time  prior  to  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century.  .  .  This 
tale  is  worthy  of  regard,  not  only  for  its  great  antiquity  and  the 
singularity  of  its  style,  but  for  the  bold  and  rapid  manner  in  which 
its  narrative  is  conducted."  In  order  to  afford  the  reader  an  idea  of 
this  Scottish  Arthurian  romance,  in  which  alliteration  is  so  markedly 
displayed,  we  annex  the  first  stanza  : — 

In  the  tyme  of  Arthur  as  trew  men  me  tald 
The  king  turnit  on  ane  tyde  towart  tuskane 
Hym  to  seik  our  ye  sey  that  saiklese  wes  said 
The  syre  yat  sendis  all  seill  suthly  to  sane. 
With  banrentis  barouis  and  bernis  full  bald 
Biggast  of  bane  and  blude  bred  in  britane 
Thai  walit  out  werryouris  with  wapinnis  to  wald 
The  gayest  grumys  on  grund  with  geir  yat  myt  gane 
Dukis  and  digne  lordis  douchty  and  deir 
Sembillit  to  his  suiliovne 

Renkis  of  grete  renovne  Of  gold  yat  wes  cleir 
Cumly  kingis  with  crovne. 
The  Balade  at  the  end,  which  Dr.  Laing  conjectures  to  have 
been  added  by  the  printers  to  fill  up  the  remainder  of  the  sheet  (as 
appears  to  have  been  done  in  several  other  instances  for  no  other 
reason),  is  evidently  a  much  later  production  than  the  Knightly  Tale. 
It  is  a  collection  of  contrasts  and  impossibilities  ;  the  third  of  the 
eight  stanzas  of  which  it  consists  may  suffice  as  a  specimen,  both  of 
its  literary  style  and  typographical  peculiarities : — 


54  T/ie  Southgait  Press. 

To  haue  a  gall  clepit  a  gentill  dow 
To  be  my  frende/  and  geve  me  false  counsaill 
to  brek  my  hede  &  syne  put  on  a  how 
To  be  a  preste  and  formest  in  bataill 
To  ly  in  bed.  and  Strang  castell  assaill 
To  be  a  marchand  quhare  na  gude  may  be  bought 
to  haue  a  trew  wyf/  with  a  wanton  taile 
It  may  wele  ryme  bot  it  accordis  nought. 
The  last  line  is  repeated,  by  way  of  a  refrain,  at  the  end  of  every 
verse.      It  will  be  noticed  that  an  oblique  stroke  is  occasionally  used 
as  a  comma,  or  as  a  division  of  the  contrasts  in  the  line.    This  stroke 
is  not  found  in  the  Knightly  Tale  itself 

[1508?]  III. — Syr  Eglamoure  of  Artoys. 

5-  This   piece    is    imperfect,    eighteen    leaves    only    being    present. 

It  has  the  first  four  leaves  of  text,  but  wants  the  two  following,  as 
well  as  the  nineteenth,  and  one  or  more  at  the  end.  The  romance 
concludes  at  top  of  verso  of  last  leaf,  the  remainder  of  which  is 
occupied  by  two  eight-line  verses,  and  three  lines  of  the  third  verse 
of  a  "  Ballade,"  beginning  "  In  all  oure  gardyn  growis  thare  na 
flouris,"  of  which  nothing  more  is  known.  The  Tale  of  Syr 
Eglamoure  begins  thus  : — 

Jesu  chryste  hevynnis  kyng 

Grant  ws  all  his  blissyng 

And  bryng  ws  till  his  bowir 

And  gyf  tham  lystyng  that  will  heir 

Of  eldaris  that  bcfor  ws  weir 

That  liffit  in  grete  honour 

I  will  yow  tell  of  a  knyght 

That  was  baldc  hardy  &  wyght 

And  stythe  in  ilke  stour. 


The  Southgait  Press.  55 

Dr.  Laing,  in  his  reprint,  has  supphed  two  of  the  leaves  wanting 
in  the  original  from  a  black-letter  copy  among  Garrick's  books  in  the 
British  Museum,  "  Imprynted  at  London,  in  Foster  Lane,  at  the 
sygne  of  the  Harteshorne,  by  John  Walley,"  in  4to.,  without  date, 
but  about  1540. 

Assuming  a  preliminary  leaf  with  title  and  Chepman's  device, 
sig.  aij  is  found  on  folio  3  ;  sig.  b.  on  folio  7  ;  sig.  bij  on  folio  9  ; 
sig.  c  on  folio  13;  and  sig.  cij  on  folio  15.  It  is  probable  that  the 
complete  piece  consisted  of  four  sheets  of  sixes,  or  four  ternions, 
and  it  will  be  observed  that  the  rule  of  signing  the  sheets  which 
was  adopted  in  the  Sequences  is  adhered  to. 

In  the  "day-book  of  John  Dome,"  the  Oxford  bookseller,  of 
1520,  there  occurs  on  fol.  2.  a.  i.  the  entry  "  i  |  Syr  eglemour  |  |  3J." 
As  no  edition  is  at  present  known  so  early  as  1520,  except  the 
Edinburgh  one  of  1508,  this  is  extremely  interesting  as  giving  its 
price. 

[1508?]  IV. — rTlIE    GOLDYN    TaRGE. 

This  is  one  of  the  two  complete  pieces  in  the  collection.  It  has 
six  leaves,  the  recto  of  the  first  leaf  having  the  following  title  over 
Chepman's  device  : — 

The  reverse  is  blank. 

This  beautiful  and  well-known  poem  begins  on  the  recto  of  the 
second  folio,  and  ends  on  the  verso  of  the  sixth,  below  which  is 
Myllar's  device.  There  is  no  colophon.  The  initial  B  of  this  and 
the  next  piece  has  a  curious  tail,  which  serves  for  Br.  There  is  only 
one  signature  noted — aij— on  folio  3.  The  oblique  stroke  /  is  used 
for  the  comma. 


^6  The  Soitthgait  Press. 

[1508?]  V. BUKE    OF    GUDE    COUNSALE    TO    THE    KiNG. 

7. 

The  first  four  leaves  of  text  remain.  Dr.  Laing,  in  his  reprint, 
supplies  a  preliminary  leaf,  on  the  recto  of  which  is  placed  this  title, 
over  Chepman's  device  : — "  Heir  begynnys  ane  buke  of  gud  counsale 
to  the  king  |  how  to  reull  his  realme,"  and  an  ultimate  leaf  containing 
two  more  verses  and  part  of  another,  which  exist  in  the  imperfect 
copy  of  the  poem  found  in  the  "  manuscript  of  Bishop  Elphinstone's 
History  of  Scotland,  preserved  in  the  Bodleian  Library.  From  the 
manner  in  which  it  is  introduced  by  the  historian,  it  appears  to 
have  been  written  before  the  middle  of  the  fifteenth  century,  being 
evidently  addressed  to  James  H.  at  the  time  when  he  assumed 
the  reins  of  government.  We  may  allow  that  it  contains  much 
excellent  advice,  though  conveyed  in  somewhat  a  prolix  and  dull 
manner,  with  regard  to  his  conduct  in  the  administration  of  justice.""" 

This  fifth  piece  actually  forms  the  last  chapter  of  the  eleventh 
or  last  book  of  the  Liber  Pluscardensis.  t  It  was  long  supposed  to 
have  been  the  work  of  Bishop  Elphinstone,  and  hence  is  so  referred 
to  by  Dr.  Laing. 

1508  VL — The  Maying  or  Disport  of  Chaucer. 

This  piece  is  the  most  complete  in  the  volume,  having  title, 
colophon,  devices  of  both  printers,  signatures,  as  well  as  the  entire 
text.     It  has  fourteen  leaves.    Over  Chepman's  device  is  this  title  :— 


The  reverse  is  blank. 


•  The  Knij^htly  Tale,  iS-'t'.     Introduction,  p.  /j. 


t  Liber  Phucardends,  edited  by  Felix  J.  H.  Skene,    Vol.  i.,  />.  ^gs.      [Historians  of  Siotiaml. 
Vol.  viii.\ 


^Biii»Ht^f^\^Vmdidt^mqcps(mfe 
^onl«sft]Da0^e^a(da^X0dridt3rmityt 


i^m^tioufligdiif  ofmttorgl&e  li^i^totrc^^ttiMii 

Last  page  of  The  Maying  and  Disport  of  Chaucer;  Chepman  and  My  liar,  1508 


The  Souf/i<iaif  Press.  59. 

The  poein  ends  at  foot  of  recto  of  penultimate  leaf,  on  the 
verso  of  which  begins  an  anonymous  composition  of  seven  seven-line 
stanzas,  which  is  continued  on  the  recto  of  the  last  leaf,  at  foot  of 
which,  after  "  Explicit,"  is  this  colophon  : — 

The  reverse  bears  Myllar's  device. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  in  the  title  we  have  "the  may«_^  or  disport," 
while  in  the  colophon  it  is  "  the  may/«^  anci  disport."  There  are 
twenty-nine  lines  to  the  page,  save  the  last,  which  has  twenty-five, 
and  the  verses  are  separated  from  each  other  by  a  space.  Signatures 
are  found  on  folio  3  (aij),  folio  9  (b),  folio  1 1  (bij).  The  arrangement 
appears  to  indicate  one  sheet  of  eight  leaves,  or  one  quaternion,  and 
a  sheet  of  six  leaves,  or  one  ternion. 

The  poem  here  entitled  the  "  Maying  or  Disport  of  Chaucer," 
is  better  known  as  The  Complaynte  of  a  Loveres  Lyfe,  or,  The 
Complaint  of  the  Black  Knight,  found  in  all  collections  of  Chaucer's 
works.  In  order  to  afford  the  reader  an  opportunity  of  comparing 
the  Scottish  and  English  versions,  we  '  reprint  the  opening  stanza 
from  Chepman  and  Myllar  : — 

In  may  quhen  Flora  the  fresche  lusty  quene 

The  soyl  hath  cladde  in  redde  quhyte  grene  aright 

And  phebus  gan  to  shedde  his  stremes  shene 

Amydde  the  bale  with  all  his  hemes  bright 

And  Lucifere  to  chace  avey  the  nyght 

Ayene  the  morow  or  orisent  hath  take 

To  bidde  loueris  out  of  thare  slepe  awake. 


6o  The  SoutJioait  Press. 


^ 


Of  the  short  poem  at  the  end,  beginning  : — 
Owhen  be  dyvyne  deliberation 
Of  p'sons  thre  in  a  god  hede  yfere, 
Dr.  Laing  states  that  there  are  two  copies  in  Bannatyne's  manuscript, 
both  of  which  are  anonymous.      The   Maying   deserves  particular 
notice  for  being  the  earliest   printed  of  any  of  the  dated  tracts  in 
this   collection    of    Chepman    and    Myllar's    productions.       If    it    is 
actually  the  very  first  effort  of  their  press,  it  must  be  looked  upon 
as  a  special  compliment  to  the  father  of  English  literature,  and  a 
proof,  perhaps,  that  Dunbar,  whose  admiration  of  Chaucer  he  has 
worthily  embalmed   in  the  Golden  Targe,  assisted   the   printers  in 
the  selection  of  materials  for  their  press. 

[1508?]  VTI. — The  Flvting  of  Dunbar  and  Kennedy,  &c. 

9-  This  piece  is  imperfect,  the  first  leaf  present  being  sig.  b.     There 

are  five  leaves  of  text,  and  a  sixth  leaf  having  recto  blank,  and 
Myllar's  device  on  the  verso.  Dr.  Laing  supplies  the  first  six 
leaves,  five  having  the  greater  part  of  the  text  of  that  remarkable 
conjunct  production  known  as  the  Flyting  of  Dunbar  and  Kennedy, 
and  a  preliminary  leaf,  with  Chepman's  device  and  this  title  above 
it: — "The  flyting  of  Dubar  and  Kennedie  |  Heir  efter  followis 
Jocound  &  Mirrie."  This  composition  ends  on  the  verso  of  the 
anti-penultimate  leaf  (or  fourth  present),  and  is  succeeded,  without 
title,  by  a  short  poem  of  Henryson's,  known  as  "The  Praise  of  Age," 
which  ends  on  the  following  page.  The  remainder  of  that  and  the 
next  page  is  occupied  by  a  poem,  attributed  to  Chaucer,  beginning — 
"  Devise  prowes  and  eke  humilitee."  The  recto  of  the  last  leaf  is 
blank,  and  the  verso  bears  Myllar's  device.  There  is  no  colophon. 
A  full  page  has  thirty-two  lines.  Signatures  are  found  on  the  first 
and  third  leaves  present — b  and  bij — showing  the  complete  piece  to 
have  consisted  of  twelve  leaves,  arranged  in  two  ternions. 


ha  ;i^nmro  UdOonttloa  of  MuUenp  ttU  of  £KHulf 
monttoictmn  botmfir^conOUoutvdnMbAinUnc  o:^, 

teto^  bins,  of  fraiirej&ttygtj^  of  |)fe  c>«>ottK  Capf^ 
(4!t(rof^eb{)tl^gtif  ()f0  bo&v  jToiluereurof  jD^pUs 
dnD$)m()iib<ie  cbi^nhk  geii^ml  of  ^|)e  (iame  Coittp(Ut 
be  £^^tttr  XbtUj^ain  Dttmbar  s^^r  (mo  lozo^s  (iivng  fo 
iSDfnburgb^^n  ScotlsnoCmoinanf  tpgbf  e]rc<;lle^  rm^ 
bdflatfrAtb^^iom^fiaTfifnbfttgfoourttmifidou^ 
i]er4neIot04no))tV(om(9|»Cn(^  J4m?0  ^e  frro^  femts 
of^fom'5. 


Tiilepage  of  The  Ballade  of  Lord  Barnard  Stowart. 


Tlie  Southgait  Pj'css.  6 


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lO. 


[1508?]  VIII. — The  Talk  oi'  Orpheus  and  Eurydice,  &c. 

This  piece  has  ten  out  of  twelve  leaves,  the  third  and  fourth 
being  absent.  On  the  recto  of  the  first  is  the  following  title  over 
Chepman's  device : — 


1 1. 


The  reverse  is  blank. 

The  first  leaf  of  text  is  present,  but  the  two  following  are 
awanting.  The  Tale  of  Orpheus  and  Eurydice,  one  of  Robert 
Henryson's  well-known  poems,  ends  on  the  verso  of  the  penultimate 
leaf,  and  is  succeeded  by  another  short  composition  by  the  same 
author,  called  "The  Want  of  Wise  Men,"  which  ends,  after  six 
lines,  on  the  verso  of  the  last  leaf,  below  which  is  Myllar's  device. 
There  is  no  colophon.  A  full  page  of  the  "  Traitie "  has  twenty- 
nine  lines,  there  being  a  space  between  each  verse ;  but  in  the 
"  Moralitas "  there  are  thirty-three  lines,  the  composition  not  re- 
quiring division.  In  the  Ballad,  however,  the  verses  are  spaced, 
and  the  number  of  lines  twenty-nine.  Signatures  b  and  bij  are 
found  on  folios  seven  and  nine,  indicating  two  ternions.  Dr.  Laing, 
in  his  reprint,  has  .supplied  the  two  leaves  deficient  in  the  original. 

[150S?]  IX. — Ballad  of  Lord  Barnard  Stewart. 


Four  leaves  of  this  piece  remain,  viz.,  the  first,  with  title,  the 
two  first  of  text,  and  the  last  with  Myllar's  device.  There  are 
probably  two  leaves  of  text  awanting.  On  the  recto  of  the  first 
folio  is   a  long    title    above    Chepman's    device,    as    shown    in    the 


64  Tlw  Soitthgaii  Press. 

facsimile.  The  reverse  is  blank.  The  last  leaf  has  the  recto  blank, 
and  INIyllar's  device  on  the  verso.  The  blank  side  has  several  lines 
of  early  writing  upon  it,  among  which  can  be  made  out  "  Prince  of 
Freedom  and  floure  of  gentleness." 

Each  page  of  text  contains  three  octave  stanzas.  There  are  no 
signatures. 

No  more  perfect  copy  of  the  Ballade  is  known  to  exist.  The 
poem  was  probably  printed  immediately  after,  or  in  anticipation  of 
the  arrival  of  the  illustrious  chevalier  in  May,  1508,  but  it  was 
composed  in  reference  to  a  previous  embassy  to  Scotland.  When 
he  reached  our  shores  he  was  in  very  feeble  health,  and  only  survived 
about  a  month.  Dunbar,  the  poet,  then  gave  vent  to  his  feelings 
of  sorrow  in  an  "  Elegy  on  the  death  of  Barnard  Stewart,"  which 
was  first  published  in  1834  by  Dr.  David  Laing,  in  his  edition  of 
Dunbar's  works. 


[1508?]  X.— The  Twa  Makuit  VVemen  and  the  Wedo,  &c. 


12. 


This  piece  consists  of  ten  out  of  twelve  leaves,  and  is  made  up 
of  four  different  poems,  the  first  being  defective  in  the  two  first 
leaves.  It  begins  on  the  third  leaf  (sig.  aiij),  the  text  being  that  of 
Dunbar's  "  Twa  marrit  wemen  and  the  wedo,"  which  occupies  the 
first  six  leaves  present,  and  seven  lines  of  another,  ending  with 
"q*  (quoth)  dunbar."  Immediately  following  this,  without  title  or 
intervening  space,  is  the  same  author's  "  Lament  for  the  Makars," 
which  ends  on  the  verso  of  b  4  with  "  cj'  dunbar  quhe  he  wes  sek  &c." 
Succeeding  this,  also  without  title  or  interval,  but  distinguished  by  a 
two-line  gothic  initial,  is  an  anonymous  poem,  beginning,  "  My 
gudame  wes  a  gay  wif  hot  scho  wes  ryght  gend,"  which  ends  on  the 
top  of  the  next  page.  Then  follows,  without  title,  Dunbar's  macar- 
onic   composition,    known    as    "  The    Testament    of   Maistir  Andro 


000  ftUit  |)()i^  iminniittt 

l)»))i0i>(0XDAtlo(0t7alnte 

iDftto^Dcd9oi0aiMa£^ 
iMncfsEpjdott0et|)a(eftdtt0^ 

3iit(io^t)tt$l|)cliwct  fifl||cA^ 


Beginning  of  Dunbar's  Lament  for  tlie  Maitan. 


K 


The  Southgait  Press.  67 

Kennedy,"  beginning  (with  ;i  hirge  gothic  initial) — 

T   maistir  andro  kennedy 

Curro  quando  sum  vocatus 
Gottin  with  sum  incuby 
Or  with  sQ  freir  infatuatus 

which  occupies  the  next  two  and  a-half  pages,  ending  with  "  Explicit." 
Dr.  Laing,  in  his  reprint,  supplies  the  deficiencies  of  the  original  with 
two  leaves,  the  first  containing  the  title  above  Chepman's  device, 
and  on  the  verso  he  begins  the  first  poem,  and  continues  it  on  the 
succeeding  leaf,  so  as  to  fit  in  with  the  part  found  on  the  first  leaf 
present  in  the  original. 

Signatures  are  found  on  the  first  folio  present,  aiij ;  on  the  second, 
aiiij  ;  on  the  fifth,  bj  ;  on  the  sixth,  bij  ;  on  the  seventh,  biij.  This 
indicates  two  ternions,  printed  in  half  sheets  and  then  inset,  neces- 
sitating the  signature  on  the  first  page  of  each  half  sheet.  It  will 
be  observed  that  the  fourth  leaf  of  the  first  ternion  (second  present) 
has  a  signature,  whilst  the  corresponding  leaf  of  the  second  gathering 
has  none.  This  apparent  anomaly  may  be  accounted  for  in  this  way. 
It  was  not  unusual  to  sign  the  first  leaf  after  the  centre  of  each 
gathering  to  indicate  to  the  binder  that  the  sheet  was  complete. 
But  in  working  the  second  ternion,  when  it  was  found  that  the  work 
would  not  extend  beyond  the  size  of  the  first  gathering,  it  may  have 
been  considered  unnecessary  to  sign  both  the  centre  leaves. 

On  the  lower  or  blank  half  of  the  last  page  are  several  lines  of 
MS.,  not  later  apparently  than  the  end  of  the  sixteenth  century— 
viz.,  "  the  nobill  story  of  Robyn  hude,"  thrice  repeated.  They  have 
undoubtedly  reference  to  the  succeeding  piece,  the  first  page  of 
which  is  facing  ;  and  they  show  that  about  three  hundred  years  ago 
the  pieces  were  collected  and  bound  into  a  volume. 


68  The  Southo-ait  Press. 


[1508?]  XI. — The  Gest  of  Robyn  Hode. 

^'  Twelve  leaves  of  this   piece  are  preserved,   including  the  first, 

which  has  on  the  recto  the  title — in  two  lines — C  Here  begynneth 
a  gest  I  of  Robyn  Hode.  Beneath  is  a  woodcut,  3  in.  x  3f  in., 
displaying  the  bold  outlaw  mounted  upon  a  fearfully  disproportioned 
horse.  He  has  a  long-bow  in  his  right  hand,  and  a  quiver  of  arrows 
at  his  back.  Below  this  cut  the  text  begins,  of  which  there  are 
fourteen  lines  on  this  page.  All  these  lines,  and  as  many  on  the 
following  page,  are  justified  so  as  to  look  like  prose.  It  will  be 
observed  that  the  printers  have  omitted  a  line  and  a-half  in  the 
second  verse,  which  should  read  : — 

Robyn  was  a  prude  outlaw 

[Whyles  he  walked  a  ground 

So  curteyse  an  outlawe]  as  he  was  one 

Was  never  non  [y-]  foude. 
The  twelve  leaves  are  not  consecutive,  as  after  the  first  five, 
two  are  awanting — viz.,  the  sixth  and  seventh.  The  following  five, 
the  eighth  to  the  twelfth,  are  present ;  the  next  six,  thirteenth  to 
eighteenth,  are  absent  ;  then  come  the  two  last,  nineteenth  and 
twentieth,  which  bring  the  ballad  down  to  the  third  line  of  the 
thirty-third  verse  of  the  Si.xth  Fytte — "  There  myght  no  man  to  thy 
truste."  To  complete  the  piece,  at  least  six  more  leaves  would  be 
required.  The  verses  take  the  metrical  form  at  the  fifteenth  line  of 
the  second  page,  which  begins  the  thirteenth  verse  ;  but  the  printers 
frequently  compress  two  lines  into  one,  generally  separated  by  a 
very  heavy,  black-bodied  mark,  like  a  capital  D  reversed,  as  in  the 
following  instances  : — 

Ne  no  knyght  ne  no  squyer  C  y  wol  be  a  gode  felawe 
And  again  : — 


d9^  b^ltti^  a  fidi 


lAttraa  ^e  ttfdff  ouenids  ueiifr  not!  (oSae  ^d 
o^nf  m  eft  moioedoo  |)0u  moe^egodf .Cbab^ 

First  Page  of  the  Gest  of  Robyn  Mode. 


ner  c^a  &ad  iroiiiHym  imoe  tt4ia»  ^  ^e  more* 
^uTQi  oap  ot  ^e  looio  dptte.!^ .  tmfll0  moKx 
l^e  tor  ^enei^  tooti^iltof^  fod  ianof|icv 

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Inftoiittf  OpDlp^ne«ti}obic^enatecoo  co» 
IMtrilomtef  an|i  tooittattmet  Otatdar  r^S 
liipoelpdi  |oi^n  s  toeottt:  botdc  o^al  liit(iir  reft 
ii0B^ri»r^itigOltal8O3  ny^adifc^toeC^aU 

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n^  (balibo  mctt  $  notoe 

90ntto&ep$  bo  no  bufbontie  ^amsfi 

^b^r  ttUrt  tbtcb  bttii  ptoi^e 

i^omotepelbaftno  0obepmtan 

JE'bac  mal&ctb  b^  gt^ne  uioo^ame 

^(ttoSmpigbenenoCquprrll^ttiolUeaQobr 

i^eftbt(!bop|)^i!(^e^Arcbebi$bo]itp$  (CeUim 

peibaStbembete  i  bpnbe* 

Cbe^jtf  (i^mf  of  ttotpino^am 

l^pm  bolDcpe  m  pour  mpttge 

Q:bi0  tDmbeiSiaibe  bou»l^poci(pidl|o{|il 

If  iiotbt0  MTbnmc  ibaS  tore* 

3r£  10  {ecbapeogoo  l4moea0aQiff« 

€battoc  were  atonre  opnere. 

Cabe  t^p0obebonie  m  Ap^oOe  &pde  dob 

larf  muib  toebtid^  C^fofl^miUpafrario 

Mttb  notnatt  abpbeiv  j(b  me. 

Saco/jrf  Page  o^  the  Gest  of  Robyn  Mode. 


The  Sont/igait  Press.  7 1 

Late  much  wGcIe  w  y  C  &  so  shal  willya  scarlok 
Here  is  the  conclusion  of  the  fifth  fytte  : — 

Bordes  were  layde  and  clothes  were  spredde 
Redely  &  anone  C  Roby  hode  &  his  mery  me 
To  mete  can  they  gone  C  The.  vi.  fytte. 

A  page  contains  from  twenty-eight  to  thirty-three  lines,  and  with 
the  latter  measures  6f  inches  in  height.  Signatures  are  found  on 
the  third,  seventh,  and  eleventh  leaves  present — Aiij,  biij,  diij.  But 
these  leaves  represent  the  third,  ninth,  and  nineteenth  of  the  complete 
piece.  If  sig.  diij  is  correctly  printed,  then  the  arrangement  of  the 
signatures  appears  to  have  changed  from  sixes  to  fours  at  ci  on  the 
thirteenth  leaf.  If  so,  the  book  was  composed  of  sigs.  a  and  b  of 
six  leaves  each,  and  c  and  d  of  four  leaves  each.  It  would  only  be 
in  keeping  with  the  character  of  this  singular  specimen  of  typography 
if  such  an  alteration  had  been  made.  Among  the  peculiar  features 
of  the  type  of  this  piece  is  the  double  11,  which  is  almost  always 
connected  near  the  top  by  a  cross  stroke.  As  far  as  we  have 
observed,  there  is  only  one  exception  to  this,  viz.,  in  the  first  line 
of  the  twentieth  verse  of  the  Third  Fytte,  "  Litell  John  ete  &  litel 
John  drank."  The  text  of  the  piece  is,  with  trivial  variations,  the 
same  as  that  of  the  "  Lytell  Geste  of  Robyn  Hode,"  printed  by 
Wynkyn  de  Worde,  without  date. 

Having  concluded  the  examination  of  the  individual  pieces  in 
the  volume,  it  is  necessary  to  point  out  certain  typographic  features 
which  they  possess.  The  type  in  which  all  the  pieces  are  printed 
is  known  by  the  name  of  black  letter,  and  there  are  three  distinct 
varieties  of  that  character  represented.  The  first  nine  pieces  are  in 
one  type,  the  tenth  piece  in  another,  and  the  eleventh  in  a  third. 
The  general  appearance  of  the  type  of  the  first  class  has  a  marked 


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resemblance  to  that  used  by  Wynkyn  de  Worde  in  his  "Vitas  Patrum," 
and  many  others  of  his  issues.  The  majority  of  the  capitals  are  of 
the  same  pattern,  and  the  small  letters  have  a  close  likeness,  ex- 
tending to  the  k  and  w.  Eleven  lines  of  the  first  nine  pieces  go 
into  the  space  of  two  inches,  and  Wynkyn  de  Worde's  do  the  same 
as  nearly  as  possible.  Yet,  though  strongly  resembling  each  other, 
the  types  of  Chepman  and  Myllar  exhibit  specific  differences  which, 
to  a  critical  eye,  easily  distinguish  them  from  Wynkyn  de  Worde's. 
We  may  point  out  that  the  single  small  y  has  its  tail  turned  slightly 
to  the  left ;  but  when  it  is  surmounted  by  a  diminutive  e  or  t,  as  a 
contraction,  the  tail  is  turned  to  the  right.  The  letters  t  and  d,  as 
terminals,  and  occasionally  elsewhere,  have  a  small  turn  at  the  top 
when  used  as  contractions  for  ter,  der,  &c.  The  terminal  syllable  is 
is  often  represented  by  a  straight  depending  stroke,  with  a  loop  at 
the  top  ;  and  &  is  like  a  small  i  without  the  dot,  having  a  short 
stroke  through  the  middle.  There  is  no  comma,  but  an  oblique 
stroke  sometimes  serves  instead.  The  period  is  always  lozenge- 
shaped,  disproportionately  large,  and  generally  placed  somewhat 
below  the  line.  The  types  have  a  genuine  Norman  character,  and 
were  most  probably  cut  specially  for  the  new  Scottish  press. 

The  tenth  piece  is  printed  with  the  same  characters  as  are  found 
in  many  parts  of  the  "Expositio  Sequentiarum  "  of  1506,  and  is  very 
much  like  the  black-letter  which  afterwards  prevailed  in  Scotland. 
The  characters  are  taller  than  those  of  the  previous  class,  but  the 
same  number  of  lines  occupy  the  same  space — viz.,  eleven  to  two 
inches.  The  tail  of  the  y  is  always  turned  to  the  right ;  the  w  has 
somewhat  the  appearance  of  that  of  the  previous  class,  but  stands 
nearly  as  much  below  as  above  the  ordinary  letters,  and  &  has  a  thin 
curved  line  on  the  left  of  the  stem.  There  are  many  contracted 
syllables — such  as  con,  per,  pro,  quoth,  rum,  ter — represented  by 
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FIRST  NINE  PIECES. 

TENTH   PIECE. 

ELEVENTH   PIECE. 

Comparison  of  Types. 

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The  Soittkj^ai/  /'rcss.  75 

and  two  v's  for  w.     We  think  that  it  may  fairly  be  attributed  to  a 
foreign  press. 

in  the  eleventh  piece— Robyn  Hode — the  type  is  of  a  heavy, 
thick,  square  character,  altogether  distinct  from  the  others.  Eleven 
lines  occupy  2;^r  inches.  The  double  11  with  the  stroke  through  it 
is  a  marked  feature,  and  the  &  has  a  thin,  straight  stroke  on  the 
right  side  of  the  stem.  The  terminal  syllable  is  is  often  represented 
by  a  wavy  line  beginning  as  high  as  the  top  of  the  long  letters 
and  descending  below  the  line.  This  type  is  identical  with  that 
occasionally   used   by    Herman    Bumgart,    who  exercised   his  art  at 


From  fetrus  Ravennas,  Compendium,  c.  li95-99. 

Cologne  about  the  end  of  the  fifteenth  century.  We  were  led  to 
this  conclusion  by  examining  a  copy  of  "  Petrus  Ravennas,  Compen- 
dium Juris  Civilis,"  which  we  purchased  in  October,  1880,  and  we 
expressed  our  belief  in  the  identity  of  the  types  in  the  little  treatise, 
"Who  Was  Scotland's  First  Printer.''"  published  in  January,  1881. 
Mr.  Bernard  Quaritch  was  at  pains  to  corroborate  our  views  re- 
garding the  identity  of  the  types,  and  on  the  iith  May,  1881, 
wrote  as  follows  : — "  The  gest  of  Robyn  Hode,  to  judge  from  the 
twelve  lines  you  have  chosen,  is  in  the  very  type  in  which  Herman 
Bumgart  printed  a  religious  treatise,  'Van  xii  fruchte  misse  zo  hoeren.' 


76  The  Southgait  Press. 

The  colophon  of  this  book  does  not  bear  either  his  name  or  date, 
but  it  has  the  subscription,  '  Gedrucht  in  Coelne  up  den  Alden  Mart 
tzo  dem  wilden  manne,'  which  corresponds  exactly  to  the  subscription 
of  your  '  Petrus  Ravennas,'  'super  antiquum  forum  in  silvestri  viro.' 
Holtrop,  in  his  catalogue  of  the  Royal  Library  at  the  Hague, 
describes  the  'Petrus  Ravennas'  as  printed  by  Herman  Bumgart 
about  1495-99."  What  connection  this  piece  has  with  the  others 
we  have  not  been  able  to  discover. 

Occasionally  throughout  all  the  pieces  the  first  line  of  text,  or 
commencement  of  new  composition  or  division,  is  distinguished  by 
a  large  two-line  gothic  initial.  In  consequence  of  the  margins, 
inner  as  well  as  outer,  of  all  the  leaves  of  the  volume  having  been 
removed,  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  what  may  have  been  the 
water-marks  of  the  paper. 

Only  those  pieces  printed  with  the  first  class  of  type — the  first 
nine,  to  wit — afford  us  any  genuine  evidence  of  their  paternity. 
There  is  no  doubt  whatever  that  they  were  printed  by  Chepman 
and  Myllar.  Three  of  them  inform  us  so  in  their  colophons  ;  four 
of  them  have  titles  and  Chepman's  device,  and  seven  of  them  have 
Myllar's  device.  The  arrangement  of  the  signatures  is,  with  two 
exceptions,  in  sixes — the  first  of  the  six  leaves  having  a  single 
letter,  and  the  third  leaf  having  the  letter  repeated  with  the  second 
numeral  after  it.  Hence  we  have  a,  [aj],  aij,  [aiij,  aiiii,  av]  ;  or  a,  [aj], 
aij,  [aiij,  aiiii,  av,  avi,  avii]. 

In  the  tenth  piece  the  sheets  are  arranged  in  sixes.  The  first 
two  leaves  are  unfortunately  absent,  but  the  remaining  ten  are  entire. 
There  is  no  colophon  on  the  last  page,  although  the  lower  half  of  it 
is  blank  ;  there  are  no  devices,  nor,  indeed,  any  evidence  to  prove 
that  it  was  a  product  of  Chepman  and  Myllar's  press.  The  poems, 
however,  are  such  as  these  printers  might  have  been  expected  to 
issue,   and  the  large  two-line  gothic   M  at   the  beginning  of  "  My 


Oef/ce  o/  Herman  Btimgart, 


The  Sontho-ait  Press.  79 

Gudame"  is  very  like,  if  not  quite  similar  to,  that  at  the  beginning  of 
the  "Want  of  Wise  Men  "  in  the  eighth  piece.  We  may  mention  that 
the  type  of  this  tenth  piece  bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  that  of 
the  quarto  edition  of  Sir  David  Lyndsay's  works,  "  Imprentit  at  the 
command,  and  expenses  of  maister  Sammuel  Jascuy,  in  Paris,  1558." 

Regarding  the  "Gest  of  Robyn  Hode,"  it  is  to  be  observed  that  the 
title  is  not  over  Chepman's  device,  but  above  a  cut  vi'hich  resembles 
the  pictures  of  the  Yeoman  used  by  Caxton  and  Pynson  in  their 
editions  of  the  Canterbury  Tales.  The  title,  also,  has  the  English 
begynn^^/i  in  place  of  the  Scottish  begynn?V,  and  there  is  as  little 
Scottish  character  about  the  type  as  the  text.  The  piece  affords  no 
direct  evidence  that  it  was  printed  by  Cht;pman  and  Myllar.  Like 
the  previous  one,  it  is  found  in  the  company  of  nine  undoubted 
productions  of  their  press  ;  but  we  are  inclined  to  believe  that  the 
original  collector  or  binder  of  the  volume  had  some  special  reason 
for  placing  the  two  nondescript  pieces  after  the  others.'"' 

Before  taking  final  leave  of  the  interesting  volume  containing 
Chepman  and  Myllar's  productions,  which  we  have  examined  with 
some  degree  of  care,  it  may  be  useful  to  give  a  summary  of  its 
contents.      It  consists,  in  all,  of  iio  leaves,  made  up  as  follows: — 

1.  Porteous  of  Noblenes  -         -         -     3  leaves. 

2.  Golagros  and  Gawane  -         -         -  23 

3.  Sir  Eglamoure  of  Artoys      -         -         -   18 

4.  The  Golden  Targe       -         -         -         -     6 

5.  Buke  of  Gude  Counsale        -         -         -     4 

6.  Disport  of  Chaucer      -         -         -         -   14 

7.  Flyting  of  Dunbar  and  Kennedy  -     6 

8.  Orpheus  and  Eurydice  -         -         -   10 

*  Dr.  David  Laing  accepted  our  opinion  in  reference  to  these  two  last  pieces,  and  in  the  Calalo^iw 
of  the  Caxtoii  Exhihilioii,  1877,  at  page  36,  after  a  brief  notice  of  this  unique  vohime — which  was  lent 
by  the  Faculty  of  Advocates — and  the  enumeration  of  the  several  pieces,  there  is  added,  "  Excepting 
the  two  last  tracts,  all  the  above  are  from  the  press  of  Chepman  and  Myllar." 


So  The  Soutligait  Press. 

9.   Ballad  of  Barnard  Stewart    -         -         -     4  leaves. 

10.  The  Twa  Marrit  Wemen  and  the  Wedo   10 

11.  Gest  of  Robyn  Hode  -         -         -         -   12       ,, 

Total  number  of  leaves       -  1 10 

Of  these  pieces — 

Two  are  complete  (4  and  6). 
One  wants  title  only  (2). 

2  first  leaves  (10). 
3rd  and  4th  leaves  (8). 
first  5  leaves  (i). 
first  6  leaves  (7). 
title  and  one  leaf  or  more  at  end  {5). 

3  intermediate  and  ultimate  leaves  (3). 
Four  want  end  of  text  (3,  5,  9,  11). 

Five  have  titles  (4,  6,  8,  9,  11). 

Three  have  colophons  {1,2,  6). 

Four  have  Chepman's  device  (4,  6,  8,  9). 

Seven  have  Myllar's  device  (i,  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  9). 

Three  have  all  the  text  (2,  4,  6). 

Eight  have  beginning  of  text  (2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  8,  9,  11). 

Seven  have  end  of  text  (i,  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  10). 

As  six  of  these  pieces  contain  more  than  one  subject,  there  are 
altogether  twenty  different  compositions  in  the  volume. 

Dr.  Laing  in  his  reprint  has  altered  the  arrangement  of  thi: 
pieces  from  that  which  they  occupy  in  the  original  ;  and,  as  formerly 
stated,  has  supplied  many  leaves  wanting  in  the  latter.  In  his  work, 
the  order  of  the  pieces  and  the  number  of  the  leaves  are  as  follows: — 

1.  Golagros  and  Gawane        -         -         -         -     24 

2.  The  Goldyn  Targe    -----       6 

3.  The  Flyting  of  Dunbar  and  Kennedy         -      12 


The  Soiithgait  Press.  8 1 

4.  The  Twa  Marrit  Wemen  and  the  Wedo  -  1 2 

5.  The  Ballad  of  Lord  Barnard  Stewart  -  4 

6.  Orpheus  and  Eurydice       -         -         -  -  12 

7.  Buke  of  Gude  Counsale    -         -         -  -  6 

8.  The  Disport  of  Chaucer    -         -         -  -  H 

9.  Sir  Eglamoure  of  Artoys  -         -         -  -  22 

10.  A  Gest  of  Robyn  Mode    -         -         -  -  12 

11.  The  Porteous  of  Noblenes         -         .  -  8 


Total  number  of  leaves      -         -         -   132 

It  cannot  for  a  moment  be  supposed  that  these  pieces  represent 
even  a  majority  of  the  works  printed  by  Chepman  and  Myllar. 
From  the  terms  of  a  document  to  which  we  shall  presently  allude,  it 
appears  certain  that  Chepman  at  least  printed  certain  school  books, 
and  probably  some  church  service-books,  of  which  not  a  trace  exists. 
Dr.  Laing,  in  his  learned  introduction  to  the  reprint,  mentions  the 
accidental  discovery  of  twenty  mutilated  leaves  of  an  ancient  and 
1508?]  unknown  edition  of  the  Acts  and  Deeds  of  Sir  William  Wallace, 
14.  which  had  been  pasted  together  to  stiffen  the  boards  of  an  old  quarto. 
He  says,  "  from  a  comparison  with  the  original  tracts  contained  in 
this  volume,  it  is  evident  that  the  work,  if  not  actually  printed  by 
Walter  Chepman,  was  at  least  executed  with  his  types,  which  have 
no  resemblance  with  those  of  any  of  his  successors  in  this  country. 
That  many  little  treatises  issued  from  his  press,  of  which  no  trace 
can  be  discovered,  was  long  suspected,  but  that  an  edition  of  a  work 
as  large  as  the  blind  Minstrel's  poem  of  our  valiant  Campioun ' 
(extending  to  upwards  of  280  pages  in  folio)  should  have  so  com- 
pletely disappeared  as  to  leave  no  vestige  of  its  ever  having  passed 
through  the  press  earlier  than  1570,  serves  to  shew  how  extensive 
the  loss  must  have  been  which  our  national  literature  sustained  in 

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the  course  of  the  sixteenth  century."  ''^  The  leaves  preserved  are 
fragments  chiefly  of  Books  vi.,  xi.  and  xii.,  in  signatures  extending 
to  letter  R,  each  signature  having  apparently  eight  leaves. 

We  cannot  be  too  thankful  that  the  volume  of  Chepman  and 
Myllar's  pieces  have  escaped  destruction,  for  besides  being  the 
vehicle  of  conveying  to  our  time  several  compositions  of  which  we 
should  otherwise  have  had  no  knowledge,  it  is  the  only  existing 
evidence  that  these  printers  exercised  their  art  in  company.  We 
probably  owe  the  preservation  of  the  tracts  to  the  circumstance  that 
they  were  bound  together  at  an  early  period,  and  that  a  succession  of 
careful  and  loving  hands  have  always  tended  the  volume.  It  would 
be  unkind  to  suppose  that  a  long-continued  neglect  had  favoured  its 
existence.  With  this  truly  valuable  relic  of  our  earliest  press,  we 
reluctantly  take  leave  of  one  of  the  printers — Androw  Myllar. 

*  The  Knightly  Tale,  ^c.     Iiitrodticlion,  p.  2j. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

SARUM    SERVICE-BOOKS. 

/^"^HEPMAN  continued  to  prosecute  his  typographical  labours, 
^-^  and  to  exert  himself  in  forwarding  the  execution  of  the 
Aberdeen  Breviary,  for  the  printing  of  which  chiefly  he  and 
Myllar  undertook  to  "bring  hame  ane  prent."  It  was  a  work  upon 
which  a  large  amount  of  labour  was  necessary,  and  the  printers, 
perhaps,  began  its  preparation  as  soon  as  their  materials  were  put 
in  working  trim.  At  any  rate  the  1554  pages  of  small  type,  of 
which  the  two  volumes  of  the  Breviary  consist,  printed,  too,  in  red 
and  black  inks,  would  undoubtedly  require  many  months  of  close 
and  careful  supervision  to  put  through  the  press.  But  just  before 
the  first  volume  was  completed,  Chepman  found  it  necessary  to 
protect  himself  against  an  invasion  of  the  rights  which  his  letters 
patent  secured  to  him,  one  being  the  power  to  prevent  the  impor- 
tation of  books  of  Salisbury  use.  Certain  merchants  of  Edinburgh 
had  imported  and  daily  sold,  mass,  manual,  matin,  and  other  books 
of  Salisbury  use,  and  were  thereby  acting  contrary  to  the  terms  of 
the  license.  Chepman  was  not  the  man  to  submit  calmly  to  such  an 
infringement  of  his  privileges,  and  he  therefore  took  immediate  steps 
to  resist  it.  He  laid  a  complaint  before  the  Privy  Council,  and 
on  the   14th  of  January,    1509-10,    the  case  was  considered.      The 


84  Sarum  Service-Books. 

deliverance  of  the  Council  is  preserved  among  their  acts,  and  as  it 
is  valuable  on  account  of  the  light  it  throws  upon  the  history  of 
printing  in  Scotland,  and  printed  literature  generally,  and  upon 
Chepman's  typographical  career  in  particular,  we  must  give  it  in 
extenso. 

"January  14,  1509.  Anent  the  complaint  maid  be  Walter 
Chepman,  that  quhar  he,  at  the  desyre  of  our  souerane  lord,  furnist 
and  brocht  hame  ane  prent  and  prentaris,  for  prenting  of  croniclis, 
missalis,  portuuss,  and  utheris  bukis  within  this  realme,  and  to  seclude 
Salisberys  use  :  And  to  that  effect  thair  wes  lettres  under  our  said 
souerane  lordis  priue  sele  direct,  till  command  and  charge  oure 
souerane  lordis  liegis,  that  nain  of  thaim  suld  Inbring  or  sell  ony 
bukis  of  the  said  use  of  salusbery  under  the  pane  of  escheting  of 
the  samyn :  Neuirtheless,  Wilyam  Frost,  Francis  Frost,  William 
Sym,  Andro  Ross,  and  diuers  utheris,  merchandis  within  the  burgh 
of  Edinburgh,  hes  brocht  haim,  and  sellis  daly,  diuers  bukis  of  the 
said  use  sik  as  mess  bukis,  mannualis,  portuiss,  matin  bukis,  and 
diuers  other  bukis,  in  the  dissobeing  of  the  said  command  and 
lettres  lik  as  at  mar  lentht  Is  contenit  in  the  said  complaint :  The 
saids  Walter,  William,  Francis,  William,  and  Andro,  being  personally 
present.  And  Thair  Richtis  ressons  and  allegacions  herd  sene  and 
understand,  and  thairwith  being  Riply  avisit,  the  Lordis  of  Counsale 
forsaidis  commandit  and  chargit  the  saidis  William  Frost,  Francis 
Frost,  William  Sim,  and  Andro  Ross,  personaly,  that  nain  of  thaim, 
in  tyme  to  cum,  bring  hame,  nor  sell  within  this  Realme,  ony  missale 
bukis,  mannualis,  portuiss,  or  matin  bukis,  of  the  said  use  of  salusbery, 
under  the  payn  of  escheting  of  the  samyn;  and  that  lettres  be  writtin 
in  dew  forme  to  the  provest  and  balyies  of  Ed'-  and  to  officeris  of 
the  kingis  Sheriffes  in  that  pairt,  to  command  and  charge  be  oppin 
proclamation,  all  utheris  merchandis  and  persons,  that  nain  of  thaim 
bring  haim,  nor  sell  within  this  Realme,  ony  of  the  bukis  abouewritten 


Sarum  Service-Books.  85 

of  the  said  use  of  salusbery,  in  tynie  to  cum  under  the  said  pain, 
according  to  the  said  lettres  under  our  souerane  lordis  priue  sele 
direct  thairuppon  ;  And  as  to  the  bukis  that  are  ellis  brocht  hame  be 
the  saidis  merchandis  and  uther  persons,  that  thai  bring  nain  to  the 
market,  nor  sell  nain  within  this  Realme,  bot  that  thai  have  the 
samyn  furth  of  this  Realme,  and  sell  thaim  ;  And  that  the  saidis 
provest,  baillies  and  officaris  forsaidis,  serche  and  seik  quhar  ony  of 
the  saidis  manuale  bukis,  mesbukis,  matinbukis,  and  portuiss,  of  the 
said  use  beis  brocht  haim  in  tyme  to  cum,  or  sauld  of  thaim  that  ar 
ellis  brocht  hame,  and  eschete  the  samyn  to  oure  souerane  lordis  use  : 
And  als,  that  na  persons  tak  copijs  of  the  bukis  abouwrittin  and 
donatis,  and  Wlric  in  personas,  or  uther  buikis  that  the  said  Walter 
hes  prentit  ellis  for  till  haf  thaim  to  uther  Realmes  to  gev  thaim  be 
prentit,  brocht  haim,  or  sauld  within  this  Realme  In  tyme  to  cum, 
under  the  pain  of  escheting  of  the  samin  ;  And  quha  dois  in  the 
contrair,  that  the  said  pain  be  put  to  execution  on  thaim.  And  that 
lettres  be  direct  herapon,  in  dew  forme,  as  said  Is." 

This  case  is  exceedingly  interesting,  as  exhibiting  the  earliest 
attempt  to  establish  and  enforce  the  law  of  copyright  and  literary 
monopoly  in  Scotland  ;  and,  further,  it  is  the  first  instance  where  an 
authority,  royal,  ecclesiastical,  or  magisterial,  is  recognised  as  having 
a  special  power  over  the  press.  It  will  be  seen  that  Chepman  was 
completely  successful  with  his  suit,  and  that  his  rights  and  privileges 
were  thoroughly  sustained,  although  it  may  be  doubted  whether  the 
action  had  the  desired  effect  of  putting  an  end  to  the  grievances  of 
which  he  complained.  Whether  the  parties  had  acted  in  defiance  of 
the  letters  patent  or  in  pure  ignorance  does  not  appear,  although  we 
believe  they  were  perfectly  aware  that  their  conduct  was  liable  to 
question.  Perhaps  they  merely  continued  to  trade  as  they  had  been 
in  the  habit  of  doing  for  many  years  before  the  date  of  the  privilege. 


CHAPTER  X. 


THE    ABERDEEN    BREVIARY. 


1509-10  T  T  is  time  that  we  should  proceed  to  examine  the  "  Breviarium 
15.  -^  Aberdonense,"  mainly  for  the  production  of  which  the 
typographic  art  was  introduced  into  Scotland.  As  this  work  was 
intended  to  supersede  the  Sarum  Breviary,  and  to  become  the 
standard  book  of  church  service  for  the  priesthood,  its  publication 
must  have  been  looked  forward  to  with  great  interest,  and  may  be 
supposed  to  have  created  some  degree  of  excitement. 

The  influence  exerted  by  William  Elphinstone,  Bishop  of 
Aberdeen,  in  introducing  the  art  of  typography  into  his  native 
country  has  already  been  slightly  alluded  to,  but  we  think  we  do  not 
over-estimate  it  when  we  say  that  without  that  enlightened  and 
worthy  prelate's  countenance,  Scotland  in  all  probability  would  have 
been  without  a  printing-press  for  another  generation.  The  patent 
granted  to  Chepman  and  Myllar  is  so  specific  on  the  subject  of  the 
Aberdeen  Breviary,  while  all  the  other  material  for  the  new  press 
is  left  indefinite,  that  we  are  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  the  art 
was  introduced  chiefly  to  allow  the  Bishop  facilities  for  personally 
superintending  the  production  of  his  service-book. 

While  the  Breviary  was  undoubtedly  the  most  important  work 
which  issued  from  our  primitive  press,  and  may  therefore  be  styled 


ti^ttmt^tom  tntmnm 

mali5l)e  t^  ^  tic  (iptt  aeiMWtt<« 
pfalteno  couStt^nter  W  ftn^ 

tacmomuca  t)a^bantat:mtti 

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ft  DWrtDo  uaiten  tOepma  mttca 
to^fs  ip(fi$tmme(Ci  jrw^oatCt^ 

Titlepage  of  Brevlarium  Aberdonense,  Pars  Hyemalis. 


TJie  Aberdeen  Breviaiy.  87 

its  magmim  opus,  yet  its  diminutive  appearance  somewhat  disappoints 
our  expectations,  and  it  requires  close  acquaintance  before  its  typo- 
graphic merits  are  perceived.  More  favoured  than  the  other 
productions  of  Chepman's  press,  four  copies  of  the  Breviary  have 
survived  to  our  time,  but  unfortunately  all  of  these  are  defective, 
and  it  is  not  possible  to  form  a  perfect  copy  out  of  the  number. 
Yet,  as  the  actual  deficiency  amounts  to  no  more  than  the  titlepage 
of  the  second  volume,  we  are  enabled  to  present  an  otherwise 
complete  collation  of  the  work.  The  first  volume,  or  Pars  Hyemalis, 
was  completed  on  the  13th  of  February,  1509  (but  15 10  of  our 
reckoning) ;  and  the  second,  or  Pars  yEstivalis,  bears  the  date  of 
4th  of  June,  1 5 10,  or  about  four  months  after  (the  year  then  beginning 
25th  March).  With  few  exceptions  the  text  is  in  double  columns  of 
37  lines  each,  and  printed  in  black  and  red  ink.  In  size  the  Breviary 
is  an  octavo,  5f  inches  in  height,  and  3I  inches  broad.  A  page  of 
text  measures  nearly  4^  inches  in  height  by  3  inches  in  width, 
exclusive  of  head-lines  and  signatures,  and  the  columns  are  separated 
by  an  interval  of  \  of  an  inch. 

Volume  I.  ("Pars  Hyemalis")  contains  in  all  400  leaves.  The 
recto  of  the  first  leaf  has  the  following  title,  which  we  print  freed 
from  the  contractions  with  which  it  abounds: — Breviarii  Aberdonensis 
ad  percelebris  ecclesie  Scotorum  potissimum  usum  et  consuetudinem 
Pars  hyemalis  :  de  tempore  et  de  Sanctis  ac  davitico  psalterio  con- 
gruenter  per  ferias  diviso :  cum  Invitatoriis  hymnis  Antiphonis 
capitulis  Responsoriis  horis  feriarum  commemoracionibus  per  anni 
curriculum  necnon  commune  sanctorum  plurimarumque  virginum  et 
matronarum  ac  diversorum  sanctorum  legendis  quje  sparsim  in  incerto 
antea  vagabantur :  cum  Kalendario  et  mobilium  festorum  tabula 
perpetua  variisque  aliis  adjunctis  et  de  novo  additis  sacerdotibus 
plurimum  quam  necessariis  in  Edinburgensi  oppido  Walteri  chepman 
mercatoris  impensis  impressa  F"ebruariis  idibus.     Anno  salutis  nostre 


88  The  Aberdeen  Breviary. 

et  gratie.  ix.  M.  supra  et  quingentesimum.  Translation : — The 
winter  section  of  the  Breviary  of  Aberdeen  principally  according 
to  the  use  and  practice  of  the  very  famous  Church  of  the  Scots  : 
concerning  season  and  saints,  and  the  Davidic  psalter  suitably  divided 
over  week-days:  along  with  Invitatories,  hymns,  Antiphons,  chapters, 
Responses,  hours,  week-day  commemorations  throughout  the  course 
of  the  year,  As  also  the  common  service  of  saints  and  of  very  many 
virgins  and  matrons,  and  the  legends  of  divers  saints,  which  formerly 
floated  about  vaguely  in  scattered  form  :  with  a  Kalendar  and  per- 
petual table  of  the  movable  feasts,  and  various  other  adjuncts  added 
from  new  source  and  exceedingly  necessary  for  priests.  Printed  in 
the  town  of  Edinburgh  at  the  charges  of  Walter  Chepman,  merchant, 
on  the  13th  of  February  in  the  year  of  our  salvation  and  of  grace 
the  ninth  over  and  above  the  thousandth  and  five  hundredth  (1509). 

The  type  is  a  large-sized,  bold  black-letter,  the  twenty  lines 
occupying  a  little  more  than  4-^  inches  in  height,  and  3  inches  in 
width.  No  other  specimen  of  this  type  appears  in  the  work.  Many 
of  the  syllables  are  contracted  and  cannot  be  represented  in  modern 
characters. 

The  reverse  of  the  title  is  blank.  The  following  fifteen  leaves 
are  unnumbered,  and  contain  the  Calendar,  Tables  of  Feasts,  &c., 
the  last  four  being  occupied  with  "  Pro  historia  aduet^"  dni  cele- 
bran.  canon,"  the  text  of  which  runs  in  long  lines  across  the  pages, 
each  having  thirty-seven  lines,  except  the  last,  which  has  thirty-six, 
exclusive  of  head-lines.  On  the  recto  of  the  thirteenth  leaf,  on 
which  the  "  canon  "  begins,  is  a  signature  like  the  numeral  2,  but 
which  is  generally  used  as  a  contraction  for  co7i ;  this  is  the  only 
signature  found  on  the  sixteen  preliminary  leaves.  The  verso  of  the 
sixteenth  leaf  is  blank. 

The  rest  of  the  volume  is  divided  into  three  parts,  each  having 
a  separate  pagination  and  set  of  signatures,  and  is  printed  in  double 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary.  89 

columns.  The  first  part  (Psalterium,  &c.)  has  132  leaves,  beginning 
on  folio  p'mo,  with  "  In  nomine  diii  nostri  iesu  christi  Psalterium 
dauidicum  in  laude  et  honorem  dei  diuinit^*  editu  ad  cosuetu- 
dine  et  vsu  isignis  ecclesie  Cathedralis  Aberdoneii.  1  Scotia " 
(all  in  red  save  the  two  words  in  italics),  and  ending  on  the  second 
column  of  the  verso  of  folio  cxxxii.,  by  "  Finit  comune  sactoru 
cu  comemoratione  bte  marie  v'ginis  per  totum  annum  vnacum 
dedicatione  ecclesie."  The  head-lines  are  in  red,  and  Folio,  Fol  or 
Fo,  and  the  numbers  are  in  black.  The  signatures  are  in  small 
black-letters,  from  a  to  r  4  in  eights,  the  first  four  leaves  of  each 
sheet  being  signed,  and  the  last  four  unsigned,  except  q,  which  has 
only  the  first  two  signed,  and  r,  which  has  only  the  first. 

The  second  part  (Temporale)  has  144  leaves,  numbered  from 
Folio  p'mo  to  Folio  cxliiii.  On  the  verso  of  the  last  is  "C  Finis 
temporis  hyemalis."  The  signatures  are  in  black-letter  capitals,  and 
extend  from  A  to  S  in  eights. 

The  third  part  (Proprium  Sanctorum)  has  108  leaves.  On 
Folio  i  the  first  lines  are  "  C  Incipit  proprium  scroru  ad  vsu 
insignis  eccl'ie  Cathedralis  Abirdoneh.  in  Scocia  pro  tempore  hyemali." 
The  text  ends  on  the  middle  of  the  first  column  of  the  verso  of  Folio 
cvii.  After  "C  Finis"  is  the  following  colophon  in  twelve  lines: — 
"C  Breviarii  Aberdonensis  ad  us:um  ecclesie  scoticane  potissimum 
hyemalis  partis  finis  opera  et  impensis  honorabilis  viri  Walteri  chepman 
Edinburgensis  oppidi  mercatoris  in  scocia  kalendis  februariis  a  christo 
nato  Anno  nono  supra  millesimum  et  quingentesimum  imperii  Jacobi 
quarti  scotorum  regis  illustrissimi  duobus  supra  Annis  viginti."  It 
may  be  translated  thus  : — The  end  of  the  winter  section  of  the 
Breviary  of  Aberdeen  principally  according  to  the  use  of  the 
Scottish  Church,  by  the  care  and  at  the  charges  of  the  honourable 
gentleman  Walter  Chepman,  merchant  of  the  town  of  Edinburgh  in 
Scotland.      On   the    ist   of   February,    in   the    year    1509   from   the 

N 


90  TJie  Aberdeen  Breviary. 

birth  of  Christ,  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  the  reign  of  James 
the  fourth,  the  most  illustrious  king  of  the  Scots/^ 

Below  this  is  a  heading  to  the  table  which  follows,  "  Inferius  Pro 
parte  hyemali  legende  sanctorum  in  eadem  singulis  in  mensibus  per 
quotam  folii  suo  ordine  facilime  comperientur."  The  Tabula  occupies 
the  second  column  of  this  page,  and  both  columns  of  the  next,  the 
verso  of  which  bears  Chepman's  device  only.  The  signatures  of 
the  third  part  are  in  gothic  capitals,  and  extend  from  A  to  O  4  in 
eights,  the  letters  being  printed  in  red,  while  the  numbers  are  in  black. 

Volume  II.  ("Pars  ^stivalis")  contains  377  leaves.  Like  the 
former  volume,  this  one  consists  of  an  unnumbered  preliminary  part, 
and  three  great  divisions,  each  having  separate  pagination  and 
distinguishing  signatures.  As  all  the  known  copies  of  this  volume 
want  the  title,  we  are  unable  to  furnish  one,  but  it  is  likely  that  it 
was  worded  in  a  somewhat  similar  manner  to  the  first.  Herbert 
informs  'US  that  Ames  obtained  an  account  of  this  second  volume 
from  Ruddiman,  who  supplied  him  with  what  he  evidently  believed  to 
be  the  title  : — "  Ejusdem  breviarii  pars  aestivalis  .  .  .  oppido  Edin- 
burgensi  impressa  .  .  .  quarto  die  mensis  Julii,  anno  Domini  milessimo 
ccccc  decimo."  And  then  he  gives  the  colophon  of  the  same  volume, 
which  bears  the  date,  "quarto  die  mensis  Junii,"  concerning  which 
Herbert  in  a  footnote  says — "  This  probably  is  a  misprint  for  Julij, 
as  on  titlepage."  Ames  must  have  misunderstood  Ruddiman,  for 
the  volume  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  to  which  this  statement 
apparently  refers,  has  not  had  a  titlepage  within  the  memory  of  man. 

Eleven  preliminary  leaves  (Kalendar,  &c.)  should  follow  the  title, 
and  these  are  in  every  respect  identical  with  the  corresponding 
leaves  in  volume  i.      But  the  "  Pro  historia  adventus  domini  canon," 

*  Literally — "  two  years  over  tlie  twenty  of  the  reign  of  James  IV."  The  mode  of  counting  the 
date  is  very  interesting,  being  still  the  Celtic  nioilc.  It  is  all  the  more  worthy  of  note,  because 
James  IV.  is  known  to  have  been  the  latest  .Scottish  king  who  could  speak  Celtic.  (Burton's  History 
of  Scotland,  vol.  iii.,f-  213.) 


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Colophon,  Breriarium  Aberdonense,  Pars  Hyemalis. 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary.  93 

which  occupies  the  13th  to  the  i6th  leaves  of  the  preliminary  part  of 
the  first  volume,  is  not  found  in  the  second. 

The  first  part  (Psalterium,  &c.)  is  the  same  in  both  volumes, 
but  some  of  the  pages  of  type  seem  to  have  been  re-set,  as  is  shown 
by  variations  in  the  relative  position  of  the  two  texts.  On  the  recto 
of  Folio  xc  there  are  seven  lines  which  are  not  printed  in  the  first 
volume. 

The  second  part  (Temporale)  has  57  leaves,  numbered  from 
Folio  p'mo  to  Folio  Ivii  ;  and  the  signatures,  which  are  Lombardic 
capitals,  printed  in  black,  range  from  A  to  H  i  in  eights.  It  begins — 
"C  In  dei  nomine  amc.  Breuiarii  Aberdonen.  ad  vsum  ecclesie 
scoticane  potissimum  pars  estiualis  incipit,"  and  ends  on  the  middle 
of  the  second  column  of  the  recto  of  folio  57  with  "C  Finit  tem- 
porale partis  estiualis."     The  reverse  is  blank. 

The  third  part  (Proprlum  Sanctorum)  has  173  numbered  and  3 
unnumbered  leaves — in  all  1 76  leaves.  The  signatures  are  Lombardic 
capitals,  printed  in  red,  and  their  numbers  in  black.  They  extend 
from  A  to  Y  in  eights.  The  text  begins  on  Folio  p'mo,  "C  Incipit 
p^opriu  sanctoru  pro  tepore  estiuali,"  and  ends  at  the  top  of  the  second 
column  of  the  verso  of  the  174th  leaf  (not  numbered),  and  is 
followed  by  a  table  which — beginning  "C  In  mese  iunii  " — occupies 
the  remainder  of  that  column,  and  the  recto  and  verso  of  the  next 
leaf  On  the  recto  of  the  last,  or  176th  leaf,  we  have  at  the  top 
these  lines  running  across  the  page  : — 

€1  Versus  de  conchcsione  oraciommi  sine  collectariim. 
Per  dominum  dicas  :  si  patrem  presbiter  oras 
Si  christum  memores  :  per  eundem  dicere  debes 
Si  loqueris  xto  :  qui  viuis  scire  memento 
Qui  tecum  si  sit :  collecte  finis  in  ipso. 
They  are  directions  to  the  priest  how  to  conclude  the  collects,  and 
may  be  translated  thus  : — 


94  The  Adej'deen  Breviary. 

Say  "Through  the  Lord"  :  if  as  priest  thou  prayest  to  the  Father, 
If  thou  makest  mention  of  Christ:  thou  oughtest  to  say  "Through 

the  same," 
If  thou  addressest  Christ:  "Wholivest"  remember  to  acknowledge, 
"Who  with  thee"  :  if  the  collect  closes  with  the  mention  of  His 
Name. 
Then  comes  the  following  colophon  in  seventeen  long  lines,  the  words 
here  printed  in  italics  being  in  red  ink  : — 

Laus    deo    cujus    gracia   finis  adest    presenti   opusculo  Esti- 
va/is   partis     breviarii     divinorum     ofificiorum     de     tempore 
et    de    Sanctis :    ac    Davitico   psalterio   congruenter    per    fe- 
rias    diviso :    cum     Invitatoriis/    Hyninis]    Antiphonis/    Ca- 
piiulisj     Responsoriis/     Horis :      Feriarum     commemoracio- 
nibus    per  anni   circulum    Necnon   communi    sanctorum    plu- 
rimarum     virginum     et     matronarum     cum     Kalendario     et 
mobilium     festorum      Tabula     perpettia :      cum     diversorum 
sanctorum    legendis :     que     antea     sparsim     vagabantur/    et 
nonnullis    aliis    adjunclis   Sacerdotibus    quam   necessariis   per 
Reverendttm    in    Christo    patrem    Wilelmum    Abirdonensem 
episcopumj    studiosius    maximisque    cum    laboribus    collectis 
non  solum  ad  ecclesie  sue  Abirdonensis  Verumeciam  ad  tocius 
ecclesie     scoticanc     usum     percelebrem     Opido     Edinburgen- 
si     impresso    Jussu    et    impensis    honorabilis    viri     Walteri 
Chepman     ejusdem     opidi     mercatoris     quarto     die     mensis 
Junii    Anno    domini    Millesimo    CCCCC.    decimo. 
Translation  : — Praise  be  to  God  by  whose  Grace  this  present  little 
work  has  reached  its  close,  (namely  that)  of  the  summer  section  of 
the  Breviary  of  the  Divine  Offices  for  the  season  and  for  the  saints  : 
and  with  the  David ic  Psaltery  divided  conformably  to  the  days  of  the 
week :    along   with   the    Invitatories,    Hymns,    Antiphons,    Chapters, 
Resjjonses,  Hours  :  week-day  commemorations  throughout  the  circle 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary. 


95 


of  the  year.  In  addition  also  to  the  common  of  saints,  of  very  many 
virgins  and  matrons  with  a  Kalendar  and  a  perpetual  Table  of 
movable  feasts :  together  with  the  legends  of  divers  saints : 
which  formerly  floated  about  vaguely,  and  with  the  addition  of 
several  other  things  very  necessary  for  Priests.  By  the  Reverend 
father  in  Christ,  William  Bishop  of  Aberdeen,  collected  with  special 
care  and  very  great  labour,  not  only  for  general  use  in  his  own  church 
of  Aberdeen,  but  also  for  that  of  the  whole  church  of  Scotland.  Printed 
in  the  town  of  Edinburgh  by  the  command  and  at  the  charges  of  the 
honourable  gentleman  Walter  Chepman,  merchant  in  the  said  town, 
on  the  fourth  day  of  the  month  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1 5  lo. 
On  the  reverse  is  Chepman's  device. 


waprceafo 


ttutptaiURfteitonieiMt. 


Pari  of  Folio  ij  Psalterium,  Breriariuw  Aberdonense. 
The  type  in  which  the  text  of  these  volumes  is  printed  is  a  small 
black-letter,  seventeen  lines  going  to  the  space  of  two  inches.  There 
are  a  number  of  elegant  capitals  of  the  kind  known  as  Lombardic, 
or  Missal,  and  of  these  there  are  as  many  as  four  sizes  of  the  same 
letter.  They  are  generally  printed  in  red,  and  have  a  bold,  imposing 
effect.  The  page  has,  therefore,  a  pleasing  display  of  contrast ;  but 
the  printing  is  very  unequally  executed,  for  while  some  of  the  pages 
have  the  text  brought  out  beautifully  clear  and  sharp,  there  are  many 
which  are  blurred  and  disagreeable  to  look  at.  It  is  not  uncommon 
to  find  words  which  have  been  first  printed  in  red,  printed  over  again 
in  black,  and  not  infrequently  a  perfectly  different  word  or  sentence 
is  printed  over  another  of  the  opposite  colour.  In  one  case  we  find 
three  C's  within   each   other — first  a  small   red  one   in   the  centre, 


96  The  Aberdeen  Breviary. 

a  medium  sized  black  one  next,  a  large  red  one  outside.  The  only 
florid  letter  in  the  volumes  is  on  the  recto  of  folio  ij  of  the  Psalterium. 
It  is  the  initial  B,  of  Beahis  vir  of  the  first  psalm,  a  letter  which 
almost  all  our  early  typographers  delighted  to  embellish.  Chepman's 
is  very  elegant,  measuring  a  little  more  than  three-quarters  of  an 
inch  square. 

Of  the  four  copies  of  the  Breviary  known  to  be  in  existence,  that 
in  the  University  of  Edinburgh  is  the  only  one  possessing  a  title, 
and  that  only  to  the  first  volume.  A  second  copy  is  in  the  Advocates' 
Library,  the  third  is  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Strathmore,  and  the 
fourth  is  an  imperfect  copy  of  the  first  volume  in  the  University 
Library,  Aberdeen. 

The  titlepage  of  the  copy  belonging  to  Edinburgh  University 
bears  the  following  written  inscription  :^"  Ego  donatus  sum  Aca- 
demise  Edinburgiae  a  Magisterii  candidatis.  Anno  Dom.,  1635." 
The  parts  of  this  copy  are  not  bound  up  in  their  proper  order,  there 
being  about  one-half  of  part  first  at  the  end  of  volume  i.,  and  the 
remaining  portion  of  it  at  the  beginning  of  volume  ii.  There  is  no 
duplicate  of  this  part,  nor  of  the  preliminary  leaves.  The  Psalter, 
or  what  should  be  the  first  part,  wants  the  first  eight  folios,  and 
begins  with  folio  ix.,  and  runs  on  to  folio  Ixxii.,  with  which  the  first 
volume  of  the  Edinburgh  University  copy  ends.  The  second  volume 
of  the  same  copy  begins  with  folio  Ixxiii.  of  the  Psalter.  In  appearance 
and  condition  this  copy  is  the  finest  of  the  four,  it  being  5f  inches  in 
height,  and  3I  inches  broad. 

The  copy  in  the  Library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates  wants 
twenty-seven  leaves  of  volume  i.,  and  fourteen  leaves  of  volume  ii. 
On  folio  i.,  part  iii.,  volume  i.,  we  find  the  autograph,  "  Georgius 
Arbuthnot  w'  my  hand,"  and  on  the  inside  of  the  board  of  the  same 
volume  is  this  inscription,  in  gold  letters  : — "  Ex  dono  Joannis  Ker 
Literarum  Humaniorum  in  Academia  Edinburgensi  Professori.s,  1742." 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary.  97 

The  copy  of  the  first  volume  in  the  Library  of  the  University 
of  Aberdeen  wants  the  preliminary  leaves  and  sixteen  others,  and  it 
has  the  first  and  second  parts  transposed. 

The  fourth  copy  is  in  the  Library  of  the  Earl  of  Strathmore  at 
Glamis  Castle.  The  first  volume  wants  only  the  first  and  last 
leaves  ;  and  the  second,  two  of  the  preliminary  leaves  and  the  last. 
It  is  altogether  a  beautiful  copy,  and  measures  fully  5^  inches  in 
height.  On  two  of  its  leaves  we  find,  in  the  handwriting,  perhaps, 
of  its  original  owner,  "  Iste  liber  p'tinet  dus  Johanes  Makwilzie  manu 
p'pria."  It  is  remarkable  for  possessing  an  additional  eight  leaves 
bound  up  at  the  end  of  the  first  volume,  and  printed  at  Edinburgh 
by  John  Story.  We  shall  afterwards  allude  to  this  unique  pro- 
duction. 

A  fifth  copy  was  formerly  in  the  Scots  College  at  Paris,  but  no 
trace  of  it  can  be  found. 

A  reprint  of  the  "Breviarium  Aberdonense"  was  published  in  1854 
by  Mr.  James  Toovey,  bookseller,  London,  under  the  editorship  of 
the  Rev.  William  Blew,  M.A.  The  two  volumes  are  splendid 
specimens  of  typography,  and  altogether  the  work  reflects  the 
highest  credit  upon  all  concerned  in  its  production.  The  type,  and 
consequently  the  page,  is  very  much  larger  than  the  original  ;  and 
the  sheets  are  in  fours,  instead  of  eights,  an  alteration  which  causes 
such  a  difference  in  the  signatures  as  materially  to  detract  from  the 
bibliographical  correctness  of  the  work.  Special  copies  were  thrown 
off  for  the  members  of  the  Bannatyne  Club,  to  which  Dr.  Laing 
furnished  an  appropriate  preface. 

Although  the  part  played  by  Bishop  Elphinstone  in  the  production 
of  the  Breviary  is  quite  clear,  it  is  singular  that  we  are  left  in  doubt 
as  to  the  actual  printer  of  what  is,  so  far  as  we  know,  the  most 
important  work  that  issued  from  the  first  Scottish  press.  We  know 
that  it  was  at  Chepman's  command  and  expense  that  the  two  volumes 

o 


98  The  Aberdeen  Breviary. 

were  printed  in  1509  and  1510,  but  we  cannot  with  certainty  advance 
beyond  this. 

The  titlepage  and  colophons  refer  to  him  in  terms  which  deserve 
consideration  in  weighing  the  evidence  whether  or  not  Chepman  was 
the  actual  printer  of  the  book,  and  it  is  partly  for  this  reason  that  we 
have  been  at  such  pains  to  give  them  at  length.  It  is  difficult  to 
believe  that  Chepman  penned  the  colophons  of  these  volumes.  At 
least  he  would  scarcely  have  employed  such  lofty  terms  regarding 
himself.  It  will  be  observed  that  both  at  the  beginning  and  end  his 
share  in  the  production  of  the  work  is  boldly  proclaimed,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  that  he  is  entitled  to  the  merit  of  having  been  at  the 
expense  of  printing  the  Aberdeen  Breviary.  Although  his  device 
is  on  both  volumes,  one  could  not  conclude  from  the  work  itself  that 
Chepman  was  the  actual  printer  of  it.  The  fact  that  he  is  constantly 
designated  merchant  has  led  some  strongly  to  doubt  it,  and  it  would 
certainly  be  out  of  place  for  him  to  apply  yV/j.y«  to  himself 

In  the  previous  chapter  we  narrated  Chepman's  appeal  to  the 
Privy  Council,  presented  just  before  the  publication  of  the  first 
volume.  It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  neither  in  that  complaint,  nor 
in  the  pages  of  the  Breviary,  does  Myllar's  name  appear,  and  it  has 
consequently  been  a.ssumed  that  he  must  have  been  dead  at  the  time. 
We  are  loath,  however,  to  drop  acquaintance  with  Myllar  so  sum- 
marily, and  we  would  fain  believe  that,  although  he  does  not  figure 
in  partnership  with  Chepman  as  printer  of  the  Breviary,  nor  as  a 
pursuer  in  the  action  noticed,  he  still  continued  to  act  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  printing-house.  Want  of  means  may  have  prevented 
him  sharing  the  expenses  connected  with  the  production  of  the 
Breviary,  but  he  may  have  been  willing  to  continue  his  services  as  a 
paid  workman,  allowing  Chepman  to  reap  all  the  glory  and  all  the 
profit  arising  from  the  publication  of  so  important  a  work. 


The  Aberdeen  Breviary.  99 

We  are  inclined  to  think  that  with  the  completion  of  the  Breviary 
Chepman's  connection  with  printing  came  to  an  end.  We  believe  he 
never  viewed  it  in  any  other  light  than  that  of  an  ordinary  money- 
making  adventure ;  and  we  fear  that  in  his  own  estimation,  and 
perhaps  in  that  of  his  contemporaries,  his  typographic  career  was 
looked  upon  as  one  of  his  most  unprofitable  speculations.  Yet  this 
was  the  grand  event  of  his  life — the  one  circumstance  which  has 
rescued  his  name  from  obscurity^  if  not  oblivion,  and  ranked  him 
among  the  benefactors  of  mankind. 

We  are  led  to  infer  that  the  printing  materials  were  either  sold 
or  laid  aside,  from  the  fact  that  during  the  last  fifteen  years  of 
Chepman's  life,  all  the  works  of  learned  Scotsmen  at  home  and 
abroad  were  printed  on  the  Continent. 


D' 


CHAPTER  XI. 

JOHN    STORY. 

|URING  the  long  period  of  time  which  intervened  between  the 
cessation  of  Chepman's  typographic  labours  and  the  beginning 
of  the  career  of  Thomas  Davidson,  we  possess  but  one  evidence 
that  the  Scottish  Press  was  not  altogether  silent.  This  evidence 
[1520?]  is  the  single  sheet  of  eight  small  leaves  bound  up  at  the  end  of  the 
16.  first  volume  of  the  Glamis  copy  of  the  "  Breviarium  Aberdonense." 
We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  David  Laing  for  making  us  acquainted  with 
these  interesting  leaves,  and  for  reprinting  them  with  the  learned 
preface  which  he  wrote  for  the  copies  of  Mr.  Toovey's  edition  of 
the  Breviary,  prepared  for  the  members  of  the  Bannatyne  Club. 
The  unique  original  establishes  the  fact  that  John  Story  printed 
them  in  Edinburgh  at  the  command  of  Charles  Stule.  We  really 
know  nothing  more  concerning  the  printer ;  but  Dr.  Laing  thinks 
that  "  he  had  probably  been  in  Chepman's  establishment,  and  may 
have  become  his  successor." 

The  piece  contains  the  Office  of  Our  Lady  of  Pity,  or  Com- 
passion of  the  Virgin,  commemorated  on  the  Wednesday  of  Holy 
Week.  Along  with  this  is  the  legend  of  the  advent  of  the  relics  of 
St.  Andrew,  brought  to  Scotland  in  the  third  century  by  St.  Regulus, 
a  Greek  monk  of  Pat'ra;,  abridged  in  the  identical  words  of  Bower, 


John  Slory.  loi 

the  continuator  of  Fordun's  Scotichronicon.  The  text  is  in  double 
columns  like  the  Breviary,  and  is  also  printed  in  red  and  black. 
It  has  no  titlepage,  but  begins  on  sig.  A,  under  the  head-line  of 
Compassio  bcatc  Marie,  with  "  In  festo  dolorose  compassionis  beate 
Marie,  quod  celebratur  annuatim  feria  quarta  post  dominicam  in  ramis 
palmarum,"  and  ends  at  the  foot  of  the  second  column  of  the  last. 
or  sixteenth  page  with  the  following  colophon  in  three  lines : — 
"  Impressu  Edinburgi  p  |  Johane  Story  nomine  &  |  mandato  Karoli 
Stule." 

A  page  has  twenty-eight  lines  of  text,  which  measure  exactly 
3^  inches  in  height,  by  2|  inches  in  width,  with  an  interval  of  \  of 
an  inch  between  the  columns.  It  will  therefore  be  seen  that  the  page 
is  much  smaller  than  that  of  the  Breviary,  All  the  sixteen  pages 
have  head-lines,  but  they  are  not  numbered.  The  signatures  are 
A  on  the  first,  and  iii.  on  the  third  leaf  The  type  is  somewhat 
similar  to  that  of  the  Breviary,  but  there  are  only  sixteen  lines  to 
two  inches,  while  in  the  Breviary  there  are  seventeen.  The  paper, 
also,  is  different.  Besides  being  thinner,  the  wire  lines  are  \\  inches 
apart,  while  in  the  Breviary  they  are  only  ^  of  an  inch.  Dr.  Laing 
conjectures  that  Charles  Stule  may  have  been  a  monk  of  the  Abbey 
of  Kilwinning,  who  was  incorporated  in  the  University  of  Glasgow 
on  the  29th  of  October,  15 19;  and  he  thinks  the  printing  of  the 
tract,  which  is  without  date,  may  be  assigned  to  the  following  year. 

We  have  already  mentioned  the  fragments  of  Blind  Harry's 
Romance,  assigned  by  Dr.  Laing  to  Chepman's  press  ;  and  to  the 
same  indefatigable  investigator  belongs  the  honour  of  discovering 
[1520?]  part  of  a  copy  of  the  "  Buke  of  the  Howlat,"  probably  printed  about 
17.  1520.  In  his  very  interesting  volume  of  Adversaria,  printed  for 
the  Bannatyne  Club,  Dr.  Laing  remarks: — -"In  e.xamining  some 
early  Protocol  books,  I  observed  in  the  old  covers  of  one  written 
in  the  year  1529  or  1530,  that  portions  of  a  printed  edition  of  the 


I02  John  Story. 

"Buke  of  the  Howlat"  had  been  used  in  the  binding.  Having, 
with  some  difficulty,  detached  nearly  the  only  fragment  not  destroyed 
by  damp,  it  was  given  to  me,  being  anxious  to  compare  it  with  the 
text  of  the  MSS.  Although  nothing  but  a  mutilated  leaf,  it  is  quite 
sufficient  to  show  that  this  singular  production  had  previously  existed 
in  a  printed  form  ;  and  that,  if  not  actually  from  the  press  of  Walter 
Chepman,  who  introduced  the  art  of  printing  into  Scotland,  it  was 
at  least  printed  at  Edinburgh  from  the  types  he  employed,  and  not 
later  than  perhaps  the  year  1520.  The  size  may  be  called  a  small 
quarto."  " 

Principal  Lee  justly  observes  with  regard  to  the  period  to  which 
our  survey  of  Scottish  printing  has  now  brought  us: — "It  is  well 
known  that  it  was  impossible  to  get  any  book  printed  in  Scotland 
at  that  time  ;  for  John  Vaus,  who  was  Professor  of  Humanity  at 
Aberdeen  from  1500  till  1537,  has  lamented  the  necessity  which 
compelled  him  to  encounter  great  danger  in  a  voyage  to  France  for 
the  publication  of  his  grammar.  His  colleague,  Hector  Boece,  does 
not  seem  to  have  ventured  on  so  perilous  an  expedition,  when  he 
had  his  history  printed  at  the  same  press  five  years  afterwards.  The 
numerous  errata  are  thus  accounted  for :  '  Horum  similia  si  offendes, 
lector,  clementer  ignosces  :  difficile  enim  erat  in  re  ignota  et  litera 
peregrina  a  archetypo  aberrasse  nihil.'  "  t 

This  is  happily  the  last  gap  in  the  succession  of  Scottish  printers, 
but  one  which  unfortunately  lasted  too  long.  The  deprivation  of  a 
press  must  have  entailed  inconveniences  unknown  and  undreamt  of 
in  these  days. 

*  Adversaria,  Batiiialyiie  Chih,  p.  tj. 
^  Lees  "Memorial  "  f.   ii. 


Device  of  Thomas  Davidson. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

thojma  s   da  vid  s  on. 

^pHOMAS  DAVIDSON  was  a  practical  printer,  but  where 
he  acquired  his  knowledge  of  the  typographic  art  we  are 
unable  to  say.  Habakuk  Bisset,  who  refers  to  him  in  his  "  Roll- 
ment  of  Courts,"  states  that  Davidson  was  "ane  northlandman, 
borne  in  Scotland,  upon  the  waterside  of  Dee,"  by  which  we  may 
understand  that  he  was  a  native  of  Aberdeen.  Our  earliest  notice 
of  him  is  contained  in  a  royal  grant,  dated  26th  August,  1536,  of  the 
escheat  of  Schir  John  Duncan,  Parson  of  Glasgow,  who,  by  soliciting 
at  Rome  the  purchase  of  the  Archdeanery  of  Moray,  had  incurred 
thereby  the  forfeiture  to  the  king. 

In  October,  1541,  the  king,  considering  the  good  services  done 
by  Thomas  Davidson  and  James  Bannatyne,  burgesses  in  Edinburgh, 
appointed  them  searchers  generally  in  every  part  of  Scotland  of  all 
Englishmen,  their  ships,  merchandise,  and  goods  coming  within  the 
realm  without  a  sufficient  conduct. 

On  the  6th  of  December,  1541,  Davidson  was  chosen  by  Sir 
James  Foulis,  of  Collington,  lord-clerk-register,  to  print  the  Acts  of 
three  Parliaments  of  James  V.,  and  which  he  executed  in  February 
of  the  following  year.  This  evidently  placed  him  in  the  position  of 
king's  printer,  a  title  which  he  took  pleasure  in  prominently  setting 
forth  in  his  works. 


io6  Thomas  Davidson. 

On  the  6th  of  March,  1541-2,  the  king  granted  Davidson  and 
his  wife,  Margaret  Harlaw,  the  same  tavern  and  booth  which,  on  the 
decease  of  John  Cockburn  without  heirs,  had  fallen  by  escheat  into 
the  king's  hands.  This  same  tavern  had  previously  been  granted  to 
Walter  Chepman  and  his  wife,  but  had  been  reserved  by  the  king 
when  he  came  of  age  by  an  act  of  general  resumption.  This  booth 
was  perhaps  the  locality  of  Davidson's  printing  establishment,  which, 
in  the  colophon  of  the  "Actis,"  is  designated  as  "  abone  the  nether 
bow,  on  the  north  syde  of  the  gait "  ;  and,  in  the  "  Croniklis  of 
Scotland,"  as  "  fornens  the  frere  wynd." 

The  e.xact  period  when  Davidson  began  to  exercise  his  art  in 
Edinburgh  is  unknown.  Some  writers  have  supposed  that  he  was 
at  work  as  early  as  1530,  but  as  only  one  of  his  works  is  dated 
(154 1 -2),  this  point  cannot  be  determined.  Nor  are  we  able  to  state 
what  number  of  books  he  printed,  for  only  three  perfect  specimens 
of  different  works  have  come  down  to  us,  and  the  fragment  of  a 
fourth,  which  may  certainly  be  assigned  to  him.  In  the  least 
important  of  his  undated  productions  Davidson  exhibits  his  device, 
which  is  of  the  same  character  as  Chepman's.  A  shield  containing 
the  printer's  initials,  T.  D.,  linked  with  three  pheons  (the  armorial 
charges  of  the  Davidsons),  is  suspended  from  a  tree  bearing  large 
cones.  Three  owls  are  sitting  among  the  branches,  and  another  at 
the  foot  of  the  stem.  The  supporters  are  hairy  men,  whose  hands 
hold  both  the  shield  and  the  belt  which  sustains  it.  The  ground  of 
the  device  is  black  speckled,  but  the  field  of  the  shield  is  white. 
In  a  compartment  below  is  the  Christian  name  of  the  printer  in  full, 
but  only  the  two  first  letters  of  his  surname,  viz.,  THOMAS  DA. 
The  size  of  the  device  is  nearly  4  inches  by  af  inches. 

We  shall  now  proceed  to  the  examination  of  the  only  work 
printed  by  Thomas  Davidson  which  bears  a  date. 


^THENEVVACTIS 

ANDCONSTITVTIONISOFPAR 

UAIltNTIfAlBiiCTHS-KyCHTBXCEEl.EtiTrRINCEIAMESarttF)IT 


KKNGOfiBCOTTiS,  .     i  >   4-0 


Titlepage  of  The  New  Actis,  1541-2, 


Gliomas  Davidson.  109 

1541-2  The  New  Actis  |  And  Constitvtionis  Of  Par  ]  liament  Maid  Be 

iS.  The  Rycht  Excellent  Prince  lames  The  Fift  ]  Kyng  Of  Scottis, 
1540  I  Folio. 

This  title,  in  four  lines  of  roman  capitals  (the  letters  of  the  first 
three  words  being  five-eighths  of  an  inch  in  height),  stands  above  a 
large  woodcut  of  the  royal  arms  of  Scotland.  The  block  is  nearly 
9  inches  by  7  inches,  and  has  JACOBVS  REX.  5.  on  ribands  above 
the  heads  of  the  unicorns,  and  IN  DE  FENS  upon  a  triplicate 
scroll  over  the  crest.  It  displays  the  insignia  of  the  newly-instituted 
Order  of  the  Thistle  :  the  floral  collar  surrounding  the  greater  part 
of  the  shield,  and  the  jewel  bearing  the  figure  of  St.  Andrew 
behind  his  cross,  depending  from  the  lower  part.  The  woodcut  is 
a  very  creditable  work  of  art,  and,  if  executed  in  Scotland,  speaks 
favourably  for  the  skill  of  the  engraver.  It  is  probable  that  Sir 
David  Lyndsay,  Lyon  King  at  Arms,  was  the  designer  of  the  work. 
It  is  not  the  earliest  woodcut  of  the  Scottish  arms  with  which  we 
are  acquainted,  for  a  very  excellent  one  occurs  in  Major's  "  Historia 
Britannia;,"  which  was  printed  in  Paris  by  Jodocus  Badius  in  1521, 
and  re-appears  six  years  later  in  Hector  Boece's  "Historia  Scotorum," 
which  was  executed  by  the  same  printer.  But  in  these  the  cut  is 
only  \\  by  3f  inches,  and  is  very  different  in  design  from  that  made 
use  of  by  Davidson. 

On  the  reverse  of  the  titlepage  is  "  The  copie  of  the  kingis 
grace  licence  and  privilege  granted  to  Thomas  Davidson  prentar,  for 
Imprenting  of  his  gracis  actis  of  Parliament."  The  licence  itself  is 
in  twenty  lines  of  black  letter,  while  the  above  heading  (as  well  as 
the  headings  of  all  the  acts  throughout  the  volume)  is  in  small  italics. 
This  licence  is,  strictly  speaking,  only  the  confirmation  of  an  act 
authorising  the  clerk-register  to  cause  the  acts  of  parliament  "  to 
be  imprentit  be  quhat  prentar  it  sail  pleis  him  to  cheis.*    We  heirfore 

*  From  this  statement  in  the  licence  it  is  evident  that  there  was  a  choice  of  printers.  As  far  as  has 
hitherto  been  ascertained,  tliere  was  only  another  in  Edinburgh  besides  Davidson  who  engaged  in  the 
occupation  of  printer  at  this  date,  and  that  was  John  Scot,  whose  first  settlement  in  the  city  appears  to 
have  been  in  1539.     Of  him  more  at  length  in  another  chapter. 


no 


Thomas  Davidson. 


(continues  the  licence)  hes  gevyn,  and  grantit,  and  be  the  tenour 
heirof  gevis  and  grantis  our  licence,  to  our  lovit  Thomas  Davidson, 
imprentar  in  our  burgh  of  Edinburgh,  to  imprent  our  saidis  actis  of 
parliament,  and  dischargis  all  uthir  imprentaris  and  vvrittaris,  within 
yis  our  realme,  or  without,  present,  and  for  to  cum,  to  imprent,  or 
writ  our  saidis  actis  of  parliament,  or  bring  thaym  hame  to  be  sauld, 
for  the  space  of  sex  5eris  nixt  to  cum,  eftir  the  dait  of  thir  presentis, 
under  the  pane  of  confiscatioun  of  the  samyn.  Subscrivit  with  our 
hand,  and  given  under  our  prive  seill,  at  Edinburgh,  the  sext  day  of 
December,  and  of  our  regne  the  xxix  '^eir.  [1541.]  C  God  keip  the 
mg. 

Below  follow  two  Latin  distichs,  and  underneath   all   are   three 
small  woodcuts  placed  about  an  inch  apart.      The  one  on  the  left 


hand  represents  a  griffon  rampant  on  a  speckled  ground  ;  the  one  on 
the  right  hand  a  naked  man  with  shield  and  club  in  the  act  of 
striking,  also  on  a  speckled  ground  ;  and  the  centre  one  exhibits  a 
monogram  of  very  heavy  roman  capitals,  which  may  be  either 
H  F  or  I  A  I'".  The  first  two  cuts  are  of  the  same  class  as  were 
used  by  some  of  the  early  French  printers  in  building  up  those 
beautiful  borders  with  which  the  pages  of  their  books  of  Hours  are 
embellished,  and  of  which  another  specimen  is  found  standing  as  a 
kind  of  six-line  initial  at  the  beginning  of  the  text  of  Scot's  first 
edition  of  Sir   David    Lyndsay's  "Dialog"  or  "Monarchy." 


Imago  Cruciflxi,  The  New  Actis,  1541-2. 


Thomas  Davidson.  113 

Both  sides  of  folio  2,  and  the  recto  of  folio  3,  are  occupied  by 
the  table  of  contents  ;  and  the  remainder  of  the  work  (from  verso 
of  folio  3  to  recto  of  folio  27)  contains  the  acts  of  the  three  parlia- 
ments, viz.,  one  held  in  1535,  and  two  in  1540.  At  the  foot  of  the 
recto  of  the  last  leaf  (27)  is  a  woodcut  facsimile  of  the  signature  of 


Jacobus  Foulis,  appended  to  what  may  be  considered  a  certificate 
that  "  Thir  ar  the  trew  copies,"  &c.  At  the  bottom  is  the  following 
colophon  in  four  lines  of  italics  : — 

C  Imprentit  in  Edinburgh,  be   Thojnas  Davidson,  dwel- 

ing  abone  the  nether  bozv,  on  the  nortJi  syde  of  the 

gait,  the  ancht  day  of  Februarii,  the  zeir 

of  God.      1 54 1,     zeris. 

On  the  reverse  of  the  27th  or  last  leaf  we  find  a  very  remarkable 
woodcut,  which  may  be  described  in  the  line  of  roman  capitals 
printed  below  it : — 

C  IMAGO  CRVCIFIXI  SEDENTIS  AD  IVDICIVM. 
Herbert  has  given  a  very  accurate  description  of  this  engraving, 
and  we  cannot  do  better  than  make  use  of  his  words  in  explaining 
its  beautiful  symbolism.  The  block  itself  measures  "j^  by  6^  inches. 
"The  Imago  crucifixi  is  within  a  circle  of  roses,  having  here  and 
there  a  cross  interspersed;  the  interior  part  consists  of  four  divisions; 
in  the  middle  of  the  uppermost  is  represented  God  the  Father 
crowned  and  irradiated,  invested  with  an  imperial  robe,  holding  up 
his  right  hand,  and  a  mund  in  his  left.  At  his  right  hand  is  the 
Virgin  crowned,  and  holding  on  her  arm  the  child  Jesus  irradiated. 

Q 


114  Thomas  Davidson. 

At  his  left  is  an  angel  in  a  posture  of  adoration,  with  the  holy  dove 
irradiated  between  them.  Christ  Jesus  crowned  with  thorns  and 
nailed  on  the  cross,  at  full  length,  divides  the  three  lower  partitions 
in  the  midst.  In  the  second  division  appear  Moses,  David,  and  the 
prophets  on  his  right  hand  ;  the  apostles  and  evangelists  on  his  left. 
In  the  third,  on  the  right,  a  child  sitting,  and  holding  up  a  sword; 
behind  him  some  holy  martyrs  or  pilgrims,  the  foremost  of  them 
bearing  three  wafers  upon  a  book  ;  on  the  left,  a  pope,  with  his 
ecclesiastical  hierarchy.  In  the  lower  division,  virgins  on  the  right; 
matrons  and  confessors  on  the  left.  All  these,  except  children, 
appear  at  half  length.  Without  the  circle,  in  the  upper  corner  on 
the  right,  is  a  priest  kneeling  before  the  altar,  on  which  is  represented 
Christ  rising  from  the  tomb ;  in  the  opposite  corner  is  an  angel 
appearing  to  some  holy  person  on  his  knees,  drawing  him  as  it  were 
to  him  with  four  strings.  At  the  bottom  is  a  scene  of  purgatory, 
represented  by  a  group  of  persons  in  flames,  encompassed  by  rocks 
and  mountains,  in  the  middle ;  while  two  persons  on  each  side, 
kneeling,  with  their  beads,  are  supposed  to  be  praying  for  them. 
Sprigs  of  roses  are  seen  as  springing  out  of  several  parts  of  the 
cross." 

Below  the  line  of  roman  capitals  above  quoted  are  the  following 
five  lines  in  italics  : — 

C  An  ego  Justicia-  typus,  atquc  Jignra,  tribunal 
Sic  ascendo  metim,  dextra  assertioribus  alta 
Astipulor  veri,  quibus  hacc  i/iea  lilia  merces 
At  siquis  contra  sentit,  deniissa  sinistra 
In  stygios  jubet  ire  lacns,  gladioque  feriri. 

The  first  three  lines  are  on  the  left  side  of  the  page,  and  the 
other  two  on  the  right,  .so  that  they  run  across  the  entire  page. 
Beneath  is  a  final  colophon  in  one  line,  also  in  italics,  except  the 
first  and  penultimate  words,  which  are  in  roman  capitals  : — 


Thovias  J^avidson. 


"5 


C  EDINBVRGI,  ex  aedibus  Thoniac  Davidson  regii  impressoris. 
CVM  privilegio. 

The  running  title  of  the  pages  is  THE  ACTIS  (verso)  OF  lAMES 
THE  FYFT  (recto).  The  leaves  are  numbered  with  small  arable 
numerals  on  the  recto  of  each  folio.  The  signatures  are  A  and  B 
in  sixes,  C  in  four,  D  in  si.x,  and  E  in  five.  The  page  of  text 
measures  8^  inches  in  height  by  5J7  inches  in  width. 

Besides  the  woodcuts  already  specified,  there  are  several  others 
introduced  into  the  work  which  deserve  particular  notice.  At  the 
foot  of  the  recto  of  folio  12  there  are  two;  that  on  the  left  side  being 


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about  2^  inches  square,  and  represents,  within  a  pillared  compart- 
ment, the  upper  half  of  a  male  and  female  figure,  the  latter  holding 
a  sceptre  in  her  left  hand.  This  picture,  identical  in  all  respects,  is 
found  as  a  vignette  on  the  verso  of  folio  cccxvi  of  the  Polycronicon 
printed  by  Peter  Treveris  in  1527.  On  the  right  hand  is  a  slightly 
smaller  cut,  where  death  is  depicted  with  a  serpent  twisted  round 
his  feet,  appearing  to  a  man  with  a  hawk  upon  his  wrist.      In  design 


ii6  Thomas  Davidson. 

and  execution  this  cut  is  exceedingly  coarse,  and  not  at  all  in  keeping 


with  its  fellow.  At  the  foot  of  the  recto  of  folio  17  are  two  large 
florid  capital  letters,  placed  as  vignettes,  each  nearly  two  inches 
square.  The  one  represents  the  letter  B,  which  is  one  of  the 
most  exquisitely  designed  and  skilfully  executed  capitals  anywhere 


to  be  found.  The  other  exhibits  the  letter  H,  elaborately  designed, 
and  displaying  between  the  limbs  the  figure  of  the  apostle  St.  John, 
holding  a  chalice,   out    of    which    a    serpent    is    escaping.       This 


Tliomas  Davidson. 


117 


letter  is  repeated  on   the  recto  of  the  last  leaf.      On   the   verso   of 

folio  22  is  a  capital  S  of  the  same  size  and  character,  which  is  made 

use  of  again  on  the  verso  of  folio  26. 

It  displays  a  grotesque  combination  of 

flowers,  human  heads,  and  angels'  wings, 

which,  combined,  form  the  letter,  while 

behind    stands    the   apostle   St.    Simon 

with   his  emblem,   a  two-handed    saw, 

stretched   obliquely  before   him.      The 

volume  is  further  adorned  with  a  variety 

of  smaller  initials;  and,  as  the  headings 

of  the  acts  are  in  italics,  and  the  acts 

themselves  in  a  bold  black-letter,  it  will 

be  .seen  that  the  pages  are  sufficiently  diversified.      In  the  production 

of  this  important  work,  the  printer  appears  to  have  put  forth  all  his 

typographic  skill,  and   made  an  exhibition   of  the   resources   of  his 

well-furnished  officina. 

Only  two  copies  of  Davidson's  Acts  are  known,  both  printed  on 
vellum.  One  is  in  the  Library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
Edinburgh,  and  the  other  was  in  the  Wodhull  Library,  sold  in 
January,  1886.    The  latter  copy  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Bain  for  ;i^i5i. 

The  preceding  collation  is  made  from  the  copy  in  the  Advocates' 
Library.  The  vellum  upon  which  it  is  printed  is  of  a  rather  rough 
and  unequal  character,  which  in  many  places  causes  a  spreading  of 
the  ink,  and  a  consequent  blurring  of  the  letters.  The  impression 
of  the  Imago  Crucifixi  is  by  no  means  so  clear  as  we  find  it  in  the 
copies  of  Bellenden's  "Croniklis,"  in  which  it  likewise  appears.  Some 
of  the  pages,  however,  are  sharply  and  beautifully  printed,  and, 
taking  it  all  in  all,  the  volume  is  a  very  choice  specimen  of  early 
typography.  It  seems  to  have  been  purchased  for  the  Library  for 
the  sum   of  £1    los.    6d.      On   the  verso  of  folio    19   we  find   the 


1 1 8  Thomas  Davidson. 

following  in  MS. — "Samuel  moresone  wt  my  hand  at  the  pene  lede 
vpon  the  yeir  of  god  1642."  The  volume  appears  to  be  in  its 
original  binding. 

Had  these  two  copies  not  been  in  existence,  and  consequently 
every  trace  of  Davidson's  edition  of  the  acts  been  lost,  we  would 
not  have  been  altogether  ignorant  that  he  printed  this  work,  for 
Lekpreuik,  in  his  edition  of  the  black  acts  of  1566,  distinctly 
informs  us  thai  "  Thomas  Davidson  than  chosin  Prentar,  first 
Imprentit  thir  the  viii  Day  of  Februar  the  -^eir  of  God  ane  thousand 
fyve  hundreth  .\li  ';eris  "  ;  and,  in  the  MS.  account  of  the  revenue 
of  the  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  it  is  stated  that  the  acts  of 
parliament  printed  by   Davidson  sold  for  twelve  shillings  a  copy. 


Titlepage  of  Strena. 


I 


CHAPTER   XIII. 

THOMAS    DAVIDSON'S    UNDATED    WORKS. 

N  the  preceding  chapter  we  examined  the  only  dated  production 

of  Davidson's  press  which  is  known  to  exist.     We  shall   now 

examine  his  undated   works.      The  first   to  be   noticed   is   a  small 

quarto    of    four    leaves,    bearing    this    title    in    seven    lines: — "Ad 

i'S-^?]    Serenissimum    Scotorum    Regem    lacobum     Quintum    de    suscepto 

19.    Regni   Regimine  a  diis  feliciter  ominato  Strena."       The   title  is  in 

roman  type,  within  an  oblong  compartment,  having  on  each  side  an 

ornate    pillar,   surmounted    by  a  vase,    from   which    spring    flowers. 

In  the  centre  of  the  upper  part  of  the  frame  is  a  vase,  with  a  basilisk 

on  either  side,  each  bearing  a  cornucopia.      In  the  lower  part  is  a 

group  of  frolicking  cherubs.     The  reverse  of  the  titlepage  is  blank. 

The  size  of  the  page  is  •166  x  "124  mil.     There  are  no  head-lines, 

pagination,  or  signatures,  but  it  has  catch-words.     The  text  of  the 

"Strena"  is  in  black-letter,  and  occupies  five  pages,  the  first  four  having 

twenty-four  lines  each,  besides  catch-words,  and  the  fifth  ten,  besides 

the  colophon.     The  colophon  is  in  two  lines  of  small  roman  letters — 

5^  Impressum   Ediburgi  (jzV)  apud 

Thomam   Dauidson. 

On  the  verso  of  this  leaf  is  the  printer's  device,  already  described. 

R 


122  Thomas  Davidsons   Undated  Works. 

As  the  composition  refers  to  the  assumption  of  power  by  James  V. 
in  1528,  it  is  believed  by  many  writers  that  it  was  printed  in  that  same 
year.  Among  those  holding  this  opinion  is  the  late  Dr.  David  Laing; 
but  George  Chalmers  thinks  that  it  was  not  printed  till  after  1536; 
and  Beloe  (who  reprinted  the  piece  in  his  "Literary  Anecdotes"),  not 
till  1540.  There  is  only  one  copy  known,  which  is  in  the  British 
Museum  (press  mark  C  4.  g.  12).  It  was  purchased  for  George  III. 
at  West's  sale,  No.  4586,  for  17s.  6d.,  and  had  previously  been  in 
the  Harleian  and  other  collections.  Besides  a  note  to  the  above 
effect  it  has  the  following  in  the  handwriting  of  James  Anderson, 
author  of  the  "Diplomata  Scotia;,  &c.,  1739": — "This  poem  is  reckoned 
a  great  Curiosity  never  having  seen  or  heard  of  any  such  copy. 
Besides  in  this  it  is  curious,  that  some  persons  well  versed  in  old 
matters  printed  in  Scotland  owned  they  never  saw  any  piece  of  print 
well  documented  to  be  printed  in  Scotland  older  than  this  poem  or 
any  thing  so  old  and  I  am  humbly  of  this  opinion,  never  any  thing 
printed  in  Scotland  before  this  having  occurred  to  me  in  my  enquiries 
nor  have  I  observed  any  printer  in  Scotland  before  Thomas 
Davidson. 

"This  is  thought  to  be  printed  about  y^  year  1525.  In  1536  he 
printed  Bellenden's  Translation  of  Hector  Boes's  Hist,  of  Scotland 
and  is  de-signed  then  The  King's  printer." 

An  exact  facsimile  of  this  unique  specimen  was  made  for  the 
second  volume  of  the  Bannatyne  Miscellany,  where  it  is  found, 
together  with  an  interesting  introduction  by  Dr.  Laing,  and  a 
translation  of  the  verses  by  Archdeacon  Wrangham. 

This  tract  is  of  the  greatest  possible  typographical  interest,  for 
the  titlepage  affords  the  earliest  instance  of  the  use  of  roman  type  in 
Scotland. 


Thotnas  Davidsons  Undated  Works.  \ 2 3 

The  best  known  of  the  productions  of  Davidson's  press,  and  the 

[1542]    one  on  which  his  fame  as  a  printer  chiefly  rests,  is  "  The  hystory  and 

20.    cronikHs  of  Scotland,"  an  almost  unrivalled  specimen  of  early  British 

typography.      It  is  one  of  those  gems  which  the  earlier  period  of  the 

art  so  frequently  produced,  but  which  no  future  efforts  of  the  press 

have  surpassed  or  even  equalled. 

We  may  premise  that  the  volume  is  a  folio  of  286  leaves  :  the 
first  36,  unnumbered,  consisting  of  title  and  introductory  matter ; 
and  the  succeeding  250,  numbered,  being  occupied  by  the  croniklis 
or  history  proper.  It  is  a  translation  of  Hector  Boece's  Scotorum 
Historice  a  prima  gentis  origitie,  &c.,  Qtiae  omnia  imprcssa  qiiidem 
sunt  Jodoci  Badii  Ascensii  typis  et  opera  :  impensis  autem  Nobilis  & 
predocti  viri  Hecioris  Boethii  Deidonani.  [15  26J  ;  and  was  undertaken 
by  John  Bellenden,  Archdean  of  Moray  and  Canon  of  Ross,  at  the 
command  of  James  the  Fifth.  The  translation  is  a  very  free  one, 
and  several  historical  or  traditional  fictions  have  been  introduced 
which  have  no  place  in  the  Latin  original.  The  poetical  introductions 
to  the  Cosmography  and  History  are  Bellenden's  own  compositions  ; 
and  the  "  Epistel  direcked  to  the  King's  Grace  "  at  the  end  of  the 
work  is  one  of  his  most  plain-spoken  additions.  He  has  divided 
each  book  of  the  History  as  well  as  the  Cosmography  into  chapters, 
and  headed  each  with  a  summary  of  contents,  a  useful  plan  not 
adopted  in  Boece's  work.  The  original  dedication  to  King  James 
has  not  been  translated,  but  the  figurative  language  of  the  Proheme 
to  the  History  may  be  looked  upon  in  the  light  of  an  equivalent, 
although  neither  those  verses  nor  the  concluding  epistle  savour  much 
of  the  usual  style  of  dedications  to  kings. 

5^  Heir  beginnis  the  hystory  and 

croniklis  of  Scotland.". 

This  title,  in  two  lines  of  the  largest  black-letter,  rubricated,  stands 

out  in  hold  relief  over  the  large  engraving  of  the  royal  arms,  which 


124  Thomas  Davidsons  Undated  Works. 

we  have  seen  doing  service  on  the  titlepage  of  the  "  New  Actis  of 
lames  the  Fift."  The  reverse  contains  a  poetical  effusion  by  the 
printer,  which  will  well  repay  the  reader's  time  in  deciphering  from 
the  facsimile  given  on  the  next  leaf. 

The  following  page  contains  "  The  Contentis  of  this  buke,"  in 
single  column.  At  the  bottom  is  the  signature  Ai,  evidently  a 
mistake  for  Aii,  as  the  next  leaf  is  signed  Aiii.  On  the  reverse  of 
the  second  leaf  begins  "The  Proheme  of  the  Cosmographe,"  the 
forty  nine-line  stanzas  of  which  occupy  eight  pages.  The  reverse 
of  the  sixth  leaf  is  headed  "  Heir  begynnis  the  Cosmographe  and 
discription  of  Albion,"  a  prose  composition  of  sixteen  chapters, 
which  fills  29  pages  and  a-half,  and  ends  on  the  middle  of  the  recto 
of  Dili.  On  the  same  page,  "Followis  ane  compendius  recapitulation 
of  all  the  kings  of  Britane  sen  the  first  begynning  thairof  to  the 
tyme  of  king  Henry  the  viii,"  which  concludes  at  the  bottom  of  the 
following  page.  Then  follows  the  "  Table  of  the  history  contenand 
the  matter  of  every  buke  craftely  severit  be  thaymself,"  which  fills 
ten  leaves,  ending  on  the  reverse  of  Fi.  The  whole  of  Fii  and  recto 
of  Fiii  contain  a  list  of  Scottish  kings,  with  a  reference  to  the  "buke, 
capitoure  and  leif,"  in  which  their  lives  and  deeds  are  treated  of. 
The  verso  of  Fiii  is  blank.  The  next  three  leaves  contain  "  The 
Proheme  of  the  History,"  in  twenty-nine  eight-line  stanzas.  At  the 
end  of  the  Proheme  (foot  of  verso  of  F  6)  is  this  colophon  : — 


C:^fttt'!5, 


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(OtttpUttanti  netofp  wiwm  bedie  reuetcnoanD  noble 

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Titlepase  of  Bellenden's  Croniklis. 


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Thomas  Davidson's   L.^)idalcd  Works. 


125 


This  completes  the  thirty-six  unnumbered  leaves  of  which  the 
preliminary  part  of  the  work  is  composed.  The  signatures  are 
Lombardic  capitals  ;  sheets  A  and  B  having  each  three  leaves  signed 
and  three  unsigned,  and  C,  D,  E,  and  F  each  four  signed  and  two 
unsigned. 

The  body  of  the  work  follows  on  250  numbered  folios,  the  first 
being  headed  in  the  largest  sized  black-letter,   as  exhibited   in   the 

tiv  ht^tmi^  t^t  fit(f  Me  o( 
e(i»nMiSof^(otlanD» 


CI9>W  GaAtiataat  (!t&  $$en{to.va 
Jefttlw  tsaxi  oiOmce^aoii  come  m 
J^^^eLasujitScaa&aehtet  tolling 
fh»to,<sdojnilsisia7iigto  Sp^inze, 


jfttt  t!ie 


ItoCcbatv  ^a;  wfiW 

iinapttm  w^  ixisttm  of  m 


mMltmmoftHlW  zmmtMt 
nocljtbec^an^ittljf  gouenignce  of 
t\)i  cmpfitoi  <£ptpt  i3t  tnDi\tlt^  ai 
^oprc0,to  autjomcl«conjntan&  at 
goDtlje.ump  of^fjaco  toes  fwnt{« 
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iDauane  maiO:  ttangrtue  bmattS" 
sane  tlyitnone,  anD  b;oc^t  t^iimta 
faF)jet;ctopnt,t!jat  l)e  tus  tt)aitp^« 
naall  cine  cmt  d0«op .  <Sat^f  luff 
tfntJjfjtstfsppp  ijuto;?  tctucmt  to 

perfoiM;  Rrmis  DffjtfDp.ttitftgKiJ 


facsimile  of  part  of  the  first  page,  reduced  to  about  one-half  the 
size  of  the  original. 

The  text  is  in  double  columns,  and  ends  near  the  foot  of  the  recto 
of  the  last  leaf — Fo.  CC,1 — below  which  is  the  final  colophon,  repre- 
sented on  the  next  page  in  facsimile,  the  exact  size  of  the  original. 

The  reverse  bears  the  large  Crucifixion  cut  which  figures  on  the 
last  page  of  the  "  New  Actis  of  lames  the  Fift,"  already  described, 
but  without  any  letterpress. 


126  Thomas  Davidsoiis  Undated  Works. 

Each  of  the  seventeen  "  Bukes,"  into  which  the  History  is 
divided,  has  a  heading  of  the  largest  sized  black-letter,  occupying 
four  lines  of  one  of  the  columns  (except  the  first,  which  runs  across 
the  page,  and  the  second,  which  has  five  lines),  "  Heir  begynnis  the 
.  .  .  buke  of  the  croniklis  of  Scotland."  Every  book  contains 
several  chapters,  each  of  which  has  a  summary  of  a  few  lines  in 
roman  type.  This  is  followed  by  the  text  in  black-letter,  beginning 
with  a  large  florid  capital,  varying  from  three-fourths  of  an  inch  to 
one  inch  and  a  quarter  square.  The  running  title  or  head-line,  in 
the  largest  black-letter,  is,  on  the  verso  of  each  leaf  the  number  of 
the  book,  as  "C  The  seuentene  "  ;  and,  on  the  recto,  "buke,"  in  a 

ComptUc  0e  (I^enoble  clecH  vM^vi  ^mv^  ^m»  c^dtmotu^f  2Bt>eca 

final  Colophon  of  Bel  lend  en's  Croniklis. 

line  with  which,  in  the  same  size  of  letter,  "  Fo,"  and  the  number  of 
the  leaf,  as  "  Fo,  CQxlvii."  There  is  no  head-line  from  the  verso 
of  the  sixth  leaf  to  the  verso  of  the  twenty-first.  The  verso  of  the 
leaf  is  not  numbered.  A  full  page  contains  in  general  46  lines  (but 
the  number  varies  from  45  to  48  lines),  and  measures  about  8f  inches 
in  height  (not  including  running  title  and  catch-word,  which  add 
three-quarters  of  an  inch).  Each  column  is  2f  inches  wide,  and 
separated  from  its  fellow  by  an  interval  of  nearly  three-eighths  of  an 
inch.  The  copy  in  the  British  Museum  — press-mark  187.  c.  18 — 
measures  270  x  200  milometres. 


fo,€*imUii 


hunhs  on  the  Croce  day  in  henieS^ 
How  he  was  dous^g  fta  his  hots  h0 
ane  wyW  hart « And  hovv  he  fcundi J 
the  abbav  of  Halyrudhoui  be  raysstele 
of  the  haly  Croce    Ca»  »7i» 

nis>ttgjs  tube  tijato 


Bellenden's  Croniklis,  Part  of  Folio  clxxxiv. 


T/iomas  Davidsons   Undated  Works. 


I  29 


There  are  two  small  woodcuts  in  the  body  of  the  work,  used  as 
vignettes.  One  is  at  the  foot  of  the  second  column  on  the  recto  of 
Fo,  xxxix,  and  represents  a  stalwart  knight  opposing  four  mail-clad 
warriors,  who  have  apparently  disembarked  from  a  ship  which  is 
close  by.  A  castle  with  battlemented  towers  occupies  a  neighbouring 
height,  on  which  a  number  of  sheep  are  pasturing.  The  other  cut 
is  found  at  the  top  of  the  second  column  on  the  recto  of  Fo, 
Clxxxiiii.     It  represents  the  Crucifixion,  with  St.  Mary  and  St.  John 


standing  on  either  side  of  the  cross  in  an  attitude  of  adoration,  and 
in  the  distant  background  are  the  towers  and  spires  of  a  city. 

The  signatures  of  the  History  range  through  two  alphabets,  the 
first  being  black-letter  capitals,  from  A  i,  Fo,  i.  to  Z  6,  Fo,  C,xvi  : 
the  second,  black-letter  capitals  and  minuscules,  from  Aaj,  Fo,  C,xvii 
to  Zz  6,  Fo,  CC,xxxvi,  after  which  are  six  leaves  signed  &&i,  Fo, 
CCxxxvii  to  &&  6,  Fo,  CC.xlii ;  and,  last  of  all,  eight  leaves  signed 
??i,  Fo,  CCxliii  to  ??8,  Fo,  CC.l. 


130  Thomas  Davidsons   Undated  Works. 

The  sheets  are  disposed  in  sixes  and  fours  alternately,  from  A  to 
Hh  6,  then  follows  li  with  ten  leaves,  after  that  Kk  to  Zz  6  in  fours 
and  sixes  alternately,  followed  by  &&  with  six  leaves,  and  c?  with 
eight  leaves.  A  has  three  leaves  signed  and  three  unsigned  ;  B  has 
three  signed  and  one  unsigned,  and  so  on,  but  to  this  there  are 
several  exceptions.  F,  H,  S,  Gg,  Mm,  and  Yy  have  each  two 
signed  and  two  unsigned  ;  Nn  has  two  signed  and  four  unsigned  ; 
Rr,  Xx,  and  &&  have  four  signed  and  two  unsigned  ;  Jj  has  six 
signed  and  four  unsigned  ;  ",  the  last  sheet,  has  five  signed  and 
three  unsigned.  In  consequence  of  the  general  arrangement,  the 
first  leaf  of  each  sheet  of  sixes  is  always  one  numbered,  i,  11,  21, 
31,  41,  and  so  on,  while  each  sheet  of  fours  begins  on  a  leaf 
numbered  7,  17,  27,  2>1^  47>  ^^^-  There  are  several  errors  in  the 
numbering  of  the  folios  and  the  signing  of  the  sheets.  Folio  xxvi 
is  marked  xxii,  folio  Ixxxii  is  marked  Ixxxv,  folio  Cxlviii  is  marked 
Cxlvii,  and  folio  Clxxx  is  marked  Clxxix.  Signature  Cc.ii  is  marked 
Cii,  Pp.ii  is  marked  Pii,  Uv,iii  is  marked  Tu,iii,  and  Xx,iiii  is  marked 
Xx,iii. 

The  type  presents  us  with  many  contracted  syllables,  used  both 
at  the  beginning  and  end  of  words  ;  and  as  y  is  frequently  used  for 
th,  and  z  for  y,  at  the  beginning  of  words,  these  tranpositions 
and  contractions  render  it  somewhat  difficult  to  read  and  understand. 
The  roman  type  in  which  the  headings  or  summaries  of  the  chapters 
are  printed  has  no  W,  that  letter,  when  required,  being  represented 
by  two  Vs.  But  the  type  is  remarkable,  especially  for  the  number 
and  magnificence  of  its  illuminated  initial  capitals,  of  which  there  is 
one  to  every  chapter.  The  paper  shows  three  kinds  of  water-marks; 
I,  a  hand  with  a  star  suspended  from  the  middle  finger;  2,  a  hand 
with  a  neat  crown  at  the  point  of  the  finger;  3,  a  vase  or  jug  with 
a  handle. 


Thomas  Davidson's   Undated  Works.  131 

The  work  is  undated,  and  this  circumstance  has  left  room  for 
floating  numerous  conjectures  regarding  the  year  in  which  Davidson 
executed  it.  Not  a  few  writers,  besides,  refer  to  more  editions  than 
one ;  as,  for  instance,  Herbert  (Typographical  Antiquities)  notices 
three  editions:  one  of  1536,  another  of  1541,  and  a  third  without  a 
date.  Leyden  (dissertation  on  the  Complaint  of  Scotland)  speaks 
of  it  being  printed  in  1537.  Dibdin  (Typographical  Antiquities) 
says  it  was  twice  printed,  once  without  a  date,  and  again  in  154 1.  In 
his  "Library  Companion"  he  refers  to  it  as  being  printed  "somewhere 
about  the  year  1538-40."  Principal  Lee  (Mem.  Bible  Society)  says 
an  edition  was  printed  in  1536,  and  another  about  1540.  Cosmo 
Innes  (Scotland  in  the  Middle  Ages)  says  it  was  printed  in  1536. 
Many  other  authorities  could  be  cited  who  speak  of  two  or  three 
editions ;  and  the  writers  who  notice  only  one  edition,  with  the  date 
either  of  1536,  1537,  1540,  or  1541,  are  numerous.  Lowndes  and 
Brunet  notice  only  one  edition  of  the  date  1536.  The  fact  is,  there 
is  but  one  edition,  and  that  without  a  date.  Our  opinion  is,  that 
Davidson  commenced  the  work  many  months  before  he  executed  the 
"New  Actis,"  but  that  he  did  not  complete  it  till  after  he  had  finished 
them  in  February,  154 1-2.  We  believe,  therefore,  that  1542  was 
the  year  in  which  the  "Croniklis"  was  published. 

A  reprint  of  the  work  was  made  in  182 1,  edited  by  Thomas 
Maitland,  who  has  the  candour  to  acknowledge  that  the  original 
affords  no  evidence  of  its  date  of  printing  ;  yet,  notwithstanding, 
thinks,  in  strange  contradiction  of  certain  statements  he  makes,  that 
there  were  two  editions — one  in  1536,  and  another  in  1541. 

Perfect  copies  of  the  work  are  very  rare,  but  copies  more  or  less 
defective  occasionally  find  their  way  into  the  market. 

There  are  at  least  three  copies  known  printed  upon  vellum,  the 
most  splendid  of  which  was  formerly  in  the  library  at  Hamilton 
Palace.     Regarding  this  specimen,  Dibdin,  in  his  "  Northern  Tour," 


1:^2 


Thomas  Davidsons   Undated  Works. 


speaks  in  the  highest  terms  : — "  Here  I  opened  perhaps  the  most 
covetable  book  in  Scotland  :  a  copy  of  Bellenden's  Translation  of 
Hector  Boece's  Chronicles  of  Scotland,  on  vellum.  On  the  outside 
upon  the  old  calf  binding  is  '  lacobvs  Qvintvs  Rex  Scotorvm.'  In 
all  probability  this  royal  copy  Came,  in  the  first  instance,  from  the 
hands  of  the  printer — as  the  translator  undertook  the  work  at  the 
express  command  of  James  V.  This  copy  is  not  so  large  as  that  in 
the  University  of  Edinburgh,  but  it  is  much  preferable  on  account 
of  the  purity  of  its  condition.  One  never  tires  of  handling  such  a 
treasure,  and  of  the  four'""  membranaceous  copies  of  this  intrinsically 
valuable  book  which  I  have  seen,  the  present  is  to  me  the  most  to 
be  desired.  I  suppose  the  value  of  it  to  be  little  short  of  300 
guineas."!  This  copy  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Bernard  Ouaritch,  at 
the  sale  of  the  Duke  of  Hamilton's  library  in  1884,  for  ^800. 

Dibdin,  in  the  work  quoted  above,  alludes  to  the  copy  in  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  which  he  says  is  the  largest  of  the  three 
vellum  copies  he  had  seen  ;  but  he  remarks  that  the  leaves  are  of 
unequal  size,  and  not  freed  from  a  dingy  and  begrimed  surface.  It 
bears  this  inscription — "  Thomas  Willson  Mercator  me  Bibliothecae 
Edinburgensae  Dono  dedit,  Anno  Dom.  1669."  It  is  nearly  a  foot 
in  height,  and  eight  inches  in  width.  The  other  vellum  copy  is  in 
the  library  of  Ham  House. 

There  is  indeed  much  to  admire  in  the  execution  of  the  work. 
The  fine  proportion  of  the  columns  ;  the  bold,  black,  full-bodied 
headings  ;  the  perfect  regularity  of  the  lines ;  the  splendid  florid 
capitals  ;  the  distinctness  and  clearness  of  the  type  ;  the  rich  tone  of 
the  ink  ;  the  excellent  character  of  the  paper,  all  combine  to  produce 
a  harmonious  and  agreeable  result,  which  speaks  lastingly  to  the 
credit  of  Thomas  Davidson. 

*  It  will  l)c  oliscrved  that  Dil)iliii  here  refers  to  _/^<'«/' vellum  copies,  while  in  .mother  part  of  the 
same  work  he  mentions  only  three. 

t  Bibliographical,  Anliijuariaii,  an,l  Pictiircsijiie   Tour.     By  the  Rev.  T.  F.  Dihdin,  D.D.,  tSjS. 
Vol.  it.,  p.  Soi. 


Thomas  Davidson  s   Undated  ]Vorks. 


m 


Bcllenden's  work  has  the  merit  of  being  the  earliest  printed 
specimen  of  Scottish  classic  prose,  and  as  such  it  is  entitled  to  our 
highest  regard  as  preserving  in  all  its  rustic  nobleness  the  language 
of  our  ancestors. 


theJPaljrccofHONaVft 


[1530?]  The  only  other  relic  known  to  exist  from  the  press  of  Thomas 

21.  Davidson  is  a  fragment  of  a  quarto 
edition  of  the  "  Palyce  of  Honour," 
lately  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  David 
Laing,  and  accidentally  discovered  by 
him  several  years  ago.  It  consists  of 
two  sheets  (four  leaves),  one  of  which 
bears  the  signature  Aij.  Besides  pre- 
serving parts  of  several  of  the  earlier 
stanzas  of  the  prologue  and  the  poem, 
it  exhibits  the  halves  of  two  wood- 
cuts, inserted,  apparently,  as  vignettes. 
One  of  the  cuts  represents  the  bust  of 
a  man  in  the  right-hand  side  of  a 
compartment  very  similar  in  outline 
to  that  found  on  folio  12  of  the  "  New 
Actis  of  James  the  Fift,"  which 
proves  that  the  printer  possessed  more 
than  one  block  of  this  particular  set.  The  other  displays  more  than 
the  left-hand  half  of  a  somewhat  larger  picture,  in  which  a  horseman 
is  seen  on  the  verge  of  a  moat  holding  parley  with  three  individuals 
(two  of  whom  are  crowned),  who  appear  behind  a  high  embattled 
wall  of  a  town.  The  horseman  has  a  hound  by  his  side,  and  the 
head  of  a  second  horse  is  visible.  The  picture  is  placed  in  a  setting 
of  large  rosets,  and  straight  ornamental  borders  filled  with  animals 
and  flowering  branches.     The  text  is  in  black-letter,  but  roman  type 


134 


Thomas  Davidsons  Undated  Works. 


is  made  use  of  for  headings  and  the  like.  In  its  entire  state  the  work 
would  contain  about  eighty  pages  quarto,  a  form  proved  by  the 
position  of  the  water-mark  (a  hand  and  star)  lying  horizontally  in 
the  folds  of  the  sheet,  and  by  the  wide  wire  lines  running  across  the 
leaves. 


Although,  unfortunately,  in  a  very  mutilated  state,  this  fragment 
is  invaluable,  on  account  of  its  determining  the  fact  that  Gawin 
Douglas's  well-known  poem  was  printed  in  Edinburgh  long  anterior 
to  1579,  a  point  rendered  certain,  although  hitherto  incapable  of 
being  proved,  by  the  statement  made  by  Henry  Charteris  in  the 
edition  of  that  year,  that  there  were  "divers  Impressiones  befoir  of 
this  Notabill  werk  .  .  .  not  onlic  that  quhilk  hes  bene  Imprentit  at 


Thomas  Davidsons   Undated  Works.  135 

London,  bot  also  the  Copy  is  set  furth  of  auld  amangis  our  selfis." 
Dr.  Laing,  in  the  volume  of  "Adversaria,"  printed  for  the  Bannatyne 
Club,  says  that  the  fragments  were  printed  at  "  the  press  of  Thomas 
Davidson,  at  Edinburgh,  about  the  year  1530."'" 

We  have  assumed  that  Davidson's  licence  to  print  the  "  New 
Actis  of  lames  the  Fift "  entitled  him  to  apply  to  himself  the  title  of 
king's  printer,  Impressor  Rcgii ;  or,  as  he  has  it  in  the  "Croniklis," 
"  prentar  to  the  Kyngis  nobyll  grace,"  borrowing  the  exact  words 
made  use  of  by  Pynson  in  the  colophons  of  so  many  of  his  works. 
We  do  not  know,  however,  that  he  obtained  a  special  appointment  to 
the  office  ;  and  the  mere  fact  of  having  been  privileged  to  print  acts 
of  parliament  did  not  of  itself  constitute  him  king's  printer ;  for 
Lekpreuik  printed  several  editions  of  the  acts  of  parliament  before 
he  became  king's  printer,  and  did  not  style  himself  so  until  he  was 
chosen  to  that  honourable  office.  It  is  probable  that  Davidson  had 
some  authority  for  using  the  title  further  than  the  licence  accorded  to 
him.  It  is  in  his  productions  that  we  first  meet  (in  Scottish  works) 
with  the  phrase  "Cum  Privilegio"  appended  to  his  colophons, 
although  in  England  it  had  been  in  common  use  for  many  years 
previous.  Sanction  of  some  kind  was  evidently  necessary  before  a 
book  could  leave  the  press. 

*  Page  19. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

THE    COMPLAYNT    OF    SCOTLAND. 

[1549]    ''  I  ^HE  Complaynt  of  Scotland,  wyth  ane  Exortatione  to  the  thre 
22.  Estaitis,  to  be  vigilante  in  the  Deffens  of  their  Public  Veil. 

Of  the  four  copies  which  are  known  to  exist  of  this  singular  little 
work,  not  one  possesses  a  titlepage.  There  can  hardly  be  a  doubt, 
however,  regarding  the  name  usually  assigned  to  the  work,  as  "  The 
Complaynt  of  Scotland "  appears  in  the  headings  of  the  different 
chapters,  and  as  the  running  title  of  the  leaves.  The  volume  is  a 
very  small-sized  octavo,  containing  148  leaves;  the  27  lines,  of  which 
a  full  page  consists,  measuring  only  3f  inches  by  little  more  than  2 
inches.  The  type  is  a  small  roman,  but  the  chapter  headings  are 
partly  in  roman  capitals  and  partly  in  italics.  The  running  title  is  in 
roman  capitals,  the  marginal  references  in  italics,  and  the  initial  letter 
of  some  of  the  chapters  is  florid. 

The  work  is  dedicated  "  To  the  excellent  ande  illustir  Marie 
Queen  of  Scotland,  the  margareit  and  perle  of  princessis,"  to  whom 
the  author  indites  an  interesting  epistle.  The  greater  part  of  this 
epistle,  and  the  "  Prolog  to  the  redar,"  Herbert  transferred  to  the 
pages  of  his  "Typographical  Antiquities."  He  also  drew  attention 
to  the  fact,  that  the  work  "seems  to  have  undergone  great  alterations 


The  Complaynt  of  Scotland.  137 

from  the  original  design,  having  evidently  large  interpolations, 
particularly  22  leaves  unnumbered  between  leaf  31  and  32  ;  others 
appear  to  have  been  cancelled.  The  Complaynt  ends  on  the  leaf 
numbered  143  ;  then  Tabula  not  numbered  on  one  leaf,  which  would 
be  144;  but  if  they  had  been  regularly  numbered,  including  the 
titlepage,  would  have  made  148  leaves."  Herbert  supposes  the  book 
to  have  been  printed  at  Paris,  or,  at  least  somewhere  in  France,  his 
reason  for  so  thinking  apparently  being  that  the  v  is  used  for  w 
throughout.* 

A  paginary  reprint  of  the  work  (but  about  double  the  size  of  the 
original)  was  published  in  1801,  edited  by  Dr.  John  Leyden,  who 
contributed  a  learned  dissertation,  in  which  he  attempted  to  give  Sir 
David  Lyndsay  the  credit  of  the  authorship.  In  1872-3  the  Early 
English  Text  Society  reproduced  the  work,  under  the  editorship  of 
Dr.  James  A.  H.  Murray,  who  has  furnished  "a  very  able  historical 
introduction  on  its  substance,  the  political  condition  of  the  country, 
and  the  true  cause  of  the  author's  appeal  to  his  countrymen.  By 
close  examination  of  the  leaves  of  the  original  edition  of  the 
Complaynt,  Mr.  Murray  has  discovered  the  most  interesting  fact  that 
the  author  must  have  printed  his  book  in  its  original  form  just  after 
the  battle  of  Musselburgh  or  Pinkie,  that  on  account  of  the  assistance 
received  from  France  altering  the  political  circumstances  of  the  time, 
the  author  then  cut  out  and  cancelled  very  many  leaves  of  his  original 
printed  text,  and  substituted  for  them,  among  others,  the  leaves  con- 
taining the  celebrated  lists  of  Scotch  tales,  songs,  and  tunes,  which 
have  carried  his  work  down  to  our  times,  and  rendered  it  the  store- 
house and  delight  of  all  balladists  and  writers  on  the  popular  literature 
and  music  of  our  Tudor  times." 

*  Herbert's  Ames,  fp.  I4TJ-I4S2. 
T 


1 38  The  Complaynt  of  Scotland. 

Whether  the  titlepage  of  the  original  volume  bore  the  name  of 
the  author  or  printer,  or  place  and  date  of  printing,  is  doubtful  ;  and 
as  no  positive  evidence  regarding  these  points  can  be  gathered  from 
the  examination  of  the  work  itself,  much  speculation  has  been  excited 
in  consequence.  Dr.  David  Laing,  than  whom  no  one  can  speak 
more  authoritatively,  states  his  opinion  on  these  points  as  follows  : — 
"Two  'slight  and  contradictory  notices  constitute  (saya  Dr.  Ley  den) 
all  the  information  which  has  as  yet  been  discovered  concerning  the 
author.'  In  the  catalogues  of  the  Harleian  Library,  1742  and  1745, 
a  copy  of  the  book  is  twice  entered  as  '  Vedderburn's  Complainte 
of  Scotlande,'  1549.  It  was  conjectured  that  Wedderburn's  name 
might  have  occurred  on  the  titlepage  which  is  not  preserved  in  any 
existing  copy.  On  the  other  hand,  Dr.  George  Mackenzie,  who  is 
extremely  inaccurate  in  his  statements,  describes  the  work  as  having 
been  written  by  a  Sir  James  Inglis,  knight,  who,  he  says,  died  at 
Culross  in  1554.  It  is  quite  clear  that  he  confounded  some  imaginary 
person  with  the  Sir  James  Inglis,  Abbot  of  Culross,  whom  Sir.  D. 
Lyndsay  commemorates  among  the  Scottish  Poets,  but  who  was 
murdered  in  1531.  Regarding  Inglis's  claim,  I  may  refer  to  a  long 
note  in  Dunbar's  Poems,  Vol.  ii.,  page  398.  Dr.  Leyden,  in  re- 
publishing the  Complaynt  itself  (Edinburgh,  1801),  attempted,  but 
not  successfully,  to  establish  a  claim  for  Sir  David  Lyndsay  to  have 
been  the  author. 

"As  this  question  of  authorship  is  one  in  the  literary  history  of 
Scotland,  which  some  persons  may  consider  to  be  of  greater  interest 
than  even  that  of  '  The  Godlie  Ballates,'  I  may  add  a  few  words  on 
the  subject.  I  do  not  apprehend  that  the  name  either  of  author  or 
printer  occurred  in  the  book  itself.  The  Harleian  copy  was  probably 
obtained  by  Harley,  Earl  of  Oxford,  with  other  similar  books 
relating  to  Scotland,  from  James  Anderson,  author  of  the  'Diplomata 
Scotiae,'  and  it  may  have  had  the  name  of  Vedderburn  written  on 


The  Co7nplayni  of  Scotland.  139 

the  titlepage  or  fly-leaf.  In  the  note  to  Dunbar's  Poems,  to  which  I 
have  just  referred,  I  was  not  foolish  enough  to  indorse  Dr.  George 
Mackenzie's  account  of  Sir  James  Inglis,  knight,  when  pointing  out 
that  another  priest  of  that  name,  also  one  of  the  Pope's  Knights, 
was  alive  after  'The  Complaynt  of  Scotland'  had  appeared  in  1549. 
But  an  old  obscure  chaplain,  whose  name  is  in  no  way  connected 
with  history  or  literature,  may  now  be  summarily  set  aside  for  that 
of  Wedderburn. 

"  The  ordinary  statements  that  the  three  brothers  Wedderburn 
became  exiles  on  account  of  religion,  and  the  supposed  time  of  their 
decease,  seemed  to  place  their  claims  out  of  the  question.  According 
to  Johnston's  verses,  printed  at  p.  xxv.,  John  Wedderburn,  indeed, 
is  said  to  have  been  driven  into  exile  in  1546,  and  to  have  died  in 
England  in  1556.  But  these  dates  cannot  be  relied  upon — as  we 
know  that  he  was  in  exile  in  1539 — and,  after  Cardinal  Beaton's 
death  in  1546,  there  was  something  like  toleration  in  Scotland, 
which  cannot  be  said  to  have  existed  in  England  during  the  fires  of 
persecution  in  Queen  Mary's  reign  (1553  to  1558).  Mr.  Robert 
Wedderburn,  Vicar  of  Dundee,  having,  however,  survived  till  after 
the  date  of  printing,  leads  me  now  to  add,  that,  notwithstanding 
some  apparent  discrepancies,  by  far  the  most  probable  conjecture  is, 
that  he  was  the  author  of  the  Complaynt.  Indeed,  from  what  has 
been  stated  above,  as  the  Vicar,  in  1553,  was  still  alive,  and  officially 
connected  with  the  Romish  Church,  I  have  little  hesitation  in 
assigning  to  Mr.  Robert  Wedderburn,  Vicar  of  Dundee,  the  credit 
of  being  the  author  of  that  remarkable  production,  The  Complaynt 
of  Scotland,  printed  (at  St.  Andrews)  in   1549." ''• 

We  have  already  referred  to  Dr.  James  A.  H.  Murray's  able 
introduction  to  the  Complaynt ;  and,  in  place  of  giving  here  the 
bibliographical  account  of  the  book  which  we  had  prepared,  we  have 

*  The  Guile  and  Godlie  Ballates,  iS6S,  p.  xliii. 


I40  The  Complaynt  of  Scotland. 

with  his  permission  reprinted  that  portion  of  the  introduction  which 
treats  of  the  work  externally,  and  also  an  extract  from  the  section 
which  deals  with  the  author  and  place  of  printing : — 

"  Of  the  book  in  these  circumstances  given  to  the  world,  only 
four  copies  are  known  to  have  come  down  to  recent  times.  Two  of 
these  were  in  the  collection  of  Harley,  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  in  the 
elaborate  Catalogue  of  his  Library,"'  published  after  his  death,  in 
order  to  acquaint  the  public  with  its  riches,  and,  if  possible,  lead  to 
its  being  acquired  by  the  nation  or  some  public  body,  they  are  thus 
entered  : — 

"In  Vol.  I.,  under  heading  'History  of  Scotland,  Octavo^  Nos. 
8341-8394: 

"No.  8371.  Vedderburn's  Complainte  of  Scotlande,  vyth  ane 
Exortatione  to  the  thre  Estaits  to  be  vigilante  in  the  Deffens  of 
their  Public  Veil.      1549. 

"In  Vol.  IV.,  under  heading  'Books  relating  to  the  Ecclesiastical 
and  Civil  History  of  Scotland,  its  Parlia7nentary  affairs.  Law, 
Policy,   Government,  and  Trade,  Octavo,"  Nos.    11 95 2- 12074. 

"No.  12070.  Vedderburn's  Complainte  of  Scotland,  with  ane 
Exoratione  to  the  three  Estates  to  be  vigilant  in  Defence  of  their 
public  Weel.t     i549- 

*  "  Catalofjiis  Bibliothecac  llarleianae  in  locos  communes  distributus  cum  Imlice  Auctorura. 
Lomlini  apud  Thouiam  Osborne,  5  thick  vols.,  8vo,  appearing  at  intervals  from  1743  to  1745.  The 
editors,  who  do  not  give  their  names,  are  said  to  have  been  B.  S.  Johnson,  M.  Maltaire,  and  \V.  Oldys. 
In  their  preface,  they  say — '  Our  Design  like  our  Proposal  is  uncommon,  and  to  be  prosecuted  at  very 
uncommon  Expense  ;  il  being  intended,  that  the  Books  shall  be  distributed  into  their  distinct  Classes, 
and  every  Class  ranged  with  some  regard  to  the  Age  of  Writers ;  that  every  Book  shall  be  accurately 
described,  that  the  Peculiarities  of  Editions  shall  be  remarked,  and  Observations  from  the  Authors  of 
Literary  Histories  occasionally  interposed,  that,  by  this  Catalogue,  we  may  inform  Posterity,  of  the 
Excellence  and  Value  of  this  great  Collection,  and  promote  the  Knowledge  of  scarce  Books  and 
elegant   Editions.'" 

+  "Mr.  David  Laing,  to  whose  valued  assistance  I  am  greatly  indebted  in  tracing  the  bibliography 
of  the  Complaynt,  believes  that  there  was  only  one  copy  in  llarley's  Collection,  and  that  No.  12070  is 
evidently  a  repetition  of  No.  S371,  the  book  still  remaining  unsold.  I  am  unable  to  come  to  this 
conclusion,  which  seems  inconsistent  with  the  plan  of  the  Catalogue.  Mr.  Laing  kindly  .adds  the 
information  that  many  of  the  hooks  of  this  class  in  Harlcy's  Collection  had  belonged  to  Mr.  James 
Anderson,  Writer  to  the  Signet,  who  latterly  settled  in  London  ;  and  having  ruined  himself  by  his 
great  work  '  Diplomata  et  Numismata  Scotiae,'  published  after  his  death  in  1739,  was  obliged  to  sell 
his  own  library  to  Ilarley." 


The  CoDiplaynt  of  Scotland.  141 

"  One  of  these  copies  was  acquired  by  the  British  Museum, 
where  its  press  mark  is  C.  21.  a.  The  other  was  secured  for  the 
hbrary  of  the  Duke  of  Roxburgh,  where  it  was  when  Dr.  Leyden 
printed  his  edition  of  the  Complaynt  in  1801.  After  the  dispersion 
of  the  Roxburgh  collection,  it  passed  successively  through  the  hands 
of  Constable*  and  Heber,  was  secured  by  Mr.  Grenville,  and  finally 
with  the  rest  of  his  library  was  bequeathed  also  to  the  British 
Museum,  where  it  forms  No.  5438  in  the  Grenville  Library.  The 
third  and  fourth  copies  were,  when  Leyden  wrote  his  preliminary 
dissertation,  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  George  Paton  of  the  Custom's 
House,  Edinburgh,  and  of  John  McGowan,  Esq.,  an  Edinburgh 
collector,  who  died  about  the  beginning  of  this  century.  The  former 
of  these  is  now  in  the  Library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates  in 
Edinburgh ;  t  Mr.  McGowan's  copy  was  afterwards  acquired  by 
George  Chalmers  of  the  Caledonia,  and  at  the  sale  of  the  3rd 
section  of  his  library  in  November,  1842,  No.  127,  the  Complaynt 
of  Scotland,  Printed  circa  1548,  was  purchased  by  T.  Rodd,  a  well- 
known  London  old-bookseller,  for  ^5  55.  A  copy,  evidently  the 
same,  appears  in  the  Catalogue  of  Mr.  H.  B.  Bright's  sale  in  1845, 
described  as  imperfect,  wanting  all  before  p.  \b.\  It  was  again 
purchased  by  Rodd  for  £/^,  but  for  whom  it  was  bought,  and  what 

*  " '  The  copy  from  the  Roxb.  sale,  I  remember  well  in  its  old  original  binding.  It  was  bought  for 
Mr.  Archibald  Constable,  publisher,  Edinburgh,  for  jf3i  loj-.  In  the  Catalogue,  it  is  marked  (No. 
8734)  as  wanling  the  Title  and ^  pages  in  tlic  iniiiil/c ;  it  really  wanted  the  Title  only.  Mr.  Constaljle's 
private  collection  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Thorpe,  London,  and  Mr.  Heber,  to  whom  Leyden  had 
dedicated  his  reprint,  secured  the  best  part,  including  this  little  volume.  At  Heber's  sale,  the 
Complaynt  fell  to  Grenville,  and  so  to  the  Museum.' — D.  I.aing  in  private  note." 

t  "In  the  Catalogue  of  Mr.  Paton's  sale,  25  March,  1S09,  it  is  thus  inaccurately  entered  :  'No. 
2722.  The  Complaynt  of  Scotland.  Tlie  most peifect  copy  exfitnt^ (\).  It  was  bought  by  William  Laing, 
Bookseller,  Edinburgh,  for  £•;  los.,  and  in  his  Catalogue  for  iSlo,  it  occurs  with  this  notice,  'The 
leaves  are  inlaid,  and  completed  from  the  new  edition  printed  at  Edinburgh  in  1801.' — D.  Laing." 

X  "It  is  thus  described  : — No.  4993.  The  Complaynt  of  Scotland,  n.d.  (circa  1550).  This  very 
curious  and  extremely  rare  little  volume  is  imperfect  (as  are  all  the  existing  copies),  wanting  all  before 
page  16,  and  a  portion  of  the  last  leaf.  Its  appearance  tempts  one  to  believe  it  to  be  the  identical  copy 
which  Jonathan  Oldbuck  revelled  in  the  possession  of,  and  which  is  immortalized  by  Scott :  '  For  that 
mutilated  copy  of  the  Complaynt  of  Scotland,  I  sat  out  the  drinking  of  two  dozen  bottles  of  strong  ale 
with  the  late  learned  proprietor,  who,  in  gratitude,  bequeathed  it  to  me  by  his  last  Will.' — The 
Antiquary,   Chap.  III." 


142  The  Coviplaynt  of  Scoilatid. 

has  been  its  further  fortunes,  I  have  been  unable  to  learn.  Leyden, 
writing  in  1801,  says,  'all  four  copies  were  imperfect,  but  three  of 
them  have  been  completed  from  each  other.'  *  Having  had  oppor- 
tunities of  fully  and  carefully  examining  the  three  first-mentioned 
copies,  I  am  able  to  say  that  the  only  imperfection  in  the  Grenville 
is  the  want  (common  to  all  four)  of  the  title-page,  of  which  it  alone 
shows  a  trace,  or  what  is  supposed  to  be  a  trace  (it  may  be  part  of 
the  binding),  in  the  shape  of  a  narrow  fragment  of  the  inner  margin, 
bearing  a  small  italic  long  5"  of  the  beginning  of  a  line,  near  the 
middle  of  the  page.  The  other  Museum  copy,  C.  21.  a.,  wants, 
beside  the  title-page,  leaves  59  and  142  of  the  original  foliation, 
which  are  supplied  not  with  perfect  accuracy,  in  writing.  That  in 
the  Advocates'  Library  is  still  more  imperfect,  wanting  leaves  i,  2, 
3,  25-30,  (47),  (50,  51).  35  (57).  36  (58).  47  (67).  and  84  (96),  sixteen 
leaves  in  all,  including  the  title-page.  The  fourth  copy,  judging 
from  its  description  in  Bright's  sale  catalogue,  is  the  most  deficient 
of  all.  The  Grenville  copy,  in  addition  to  its  completeness,  is  also 
in  excellent  condition,  but  the  rebinding  of  it  at  some  recent  period 
in  its  present  yellow  morocco  cover  has  obliterated  the  tokens  of  the 
original  excisions,  cancellations,  and  substitutions  so  well  seen  in  the 
other  British  Museum  copy.t  which  appears  to  retain  its  original 
binding ;    the    leaves,    however,    of  the    latter   are  in    places    much 

*  "  Meaning,  I  presume,  not  that  three  of  them  h.-ive  been  completed  at  the  expense  of  the  fourth, 
the  only  way  in  which  they  couUl  really  be  '  completed  from  each  other,'  but  that  their  deficiencies  have 
been  supplied  by  transcripts  from  cacli  other.  Vet,  that  something  more  than  this  was  done,  appears 
from  Ames'  Typograpldcal  Antiquities,  1790,  where  it  is  stated  that  the  'British  Museum  copy  has 
recently  been  perfected,  except  the  title  page,  from  another  copy  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  G.  Taton  of 
the  Custom  Mouse,  Kdinburgh  ;  to  whom  I  am  greatly  indebted  for  his  kind  intelligence  concerning 
printing  in  Scotland.'  And  yet  the  'Museum  Copy'  is  not  jierfect,  while  the  two  leaves  wanting  and 
supplied  in  writing  arc  still  in  Paton's  copy  in  the  .\dvocates'  Library.  On  the  other  hand,  if  Leyden 
meant  only  'completed'  by  transcripts,  the  Roxlturgh  cofiy  has  needed  no  such  completion.  Clearly 
neither  his  statement  nor  that  of  Herbert  can  lie  taken  in  its  literal  meaning.  What  they  did  mean  to 
say  I  have  no  idea." 

t  "Alas!  Trojafuit!  since  writing  these  words,  I  have  again  had  occasion  to  refer  to  this  copy, 
and  find  that  it  also  has  in  the  interim  l)een  reclad  in  yellow  morocco,  and  in  consequence,  the 
treatmeni  lo  which  the  original  sheets  were  subjected  before  publication,  as  shown  by  the  left  edges  of 
the  excised  leaves,  the  pasting  in  of  substitutes,  &c.,  is  much  less  distinctly  traceable  than  when  I 
handled  it  in  1869.  I  could  only  feel  thankful  that  I  h.ad  then  thoroughly  examined  these  witnesses  to 
the  alterations,  while  they  still  survived  in  their  original  distinctness." 


The  CoDiplayiit  of  Scotland.  143 

decayed  and  rotten,  and  so  brittle  as  hardly  to  bear  handling.* 
The  Advocates'  Library  copy  fails  most  of  all  to  give  an  idea  of  the 
original  form  of  the  book,  the  leaves  being  cut  out  and  '  inlaid  '  in  a 
large  quarto  of  the  size  of  the  large-paper  copies  of  Leyden's 
reprint,  leaves  of  which  are  also  interpolated  to  supply  the  numerous 
deficiencies  of  the  old  copy. 

"  The  original  edition  of  the  Coniplaynt  of  Scotland,  as  repre- 
sented by  these  surviving  copies,  is  a  small  book  about  the  size  of  a 
modern  foolscap  i6mo,  the  pages  measuring  \\  by  2)\  inches,  and 
the  printed  matter  3^5  by  2^  (exclusive  of  heading,  marginal  notes, 
and  signatures),  consisting  of  26  lines  Long  Primer  .Roman  type. 
The  Headings,  which  are  in  capitals  of  the  same  size,  run  across  the 
folio,  and  are  from  leaf  2,  back,  to  7,  ane  Epistil  |  to  the  Qvenis 
Grace;  from  7,  back,  to  15,  Prolog  |  to  the  Redar  ;  then,  on  to 
the  end  of  the  book,  simply  The  Complaynt  |  of  Scotland.  The 
titles  of  the  chapters  are,  with  exception  of  the  first  uniformly  in 
italics,  small  Bourgeois  or  Brevier,  as  are  also  the  side  notes,  which 
are  mainly  the  Scriptural  or  Classical  texts  quoted  in  the  subject 
matter.  With  the  exception  of  the  words  To  the  Excel,  on  leaf  2, 
and  The  Fyrst  Che,  on  leaf  15,  back,  which  are  larger,  no  other 
types  than  the  two  mentioned  occur ;  no  old  English  or  Black  letter 
is  used  in  the  book.  The  Roman  fount  has  no  w,  using  a  single  v 
instead,  nor,  so  far  as  the  Scotch  is  concerned,  any  j,  although  that 
letter  occurs  in  numerals,  as  iij,  and  Latin  words  like  filij.  The  letter 
z  does  not  occur,  the  5  being  used  alike  for  z  and  y  consonant,  as  in 
'jenyth'  and  '50W.'  The  italic  fount  has  an  open  splay  z  instead, 
and  otherwise  agrees  with  the  Roman. 

"  The  leaves — not  the  pages — are  numbered  in  the  right-hand 
top  corner,  and  the  sheets  (eights)  are  likewise  signed  C,  Cij,  Ciij, 
Ciiij.     A  comparison   of  these  shows  that   the  work,   as  originally 

*  "In  the  late  rebinding  these  brittle  parts  have  disappeared." 


144  '^^'■^  Complaynt  of  Scotland. 

printed  off,  consisted  of  144  leaves,  or  18  sheets  of  8,  the  signatures 
running  from  A  to  S.  But  before  his  work  emerged  to  light,  the 
author  saw  fit  to  make  numerous  important  alterations  in  it,  on  the 
reasons  for  which  we  can  now  only  speculate.  Any  how,  they 
entailed  the  cancellation  of  no  fewer  than  thirty-three  of  the  original 
leaves,  and  the  substitution  of  thirty-seven  others,  which  in  one  of 
the  Museum  copies,  as  already  mentioned,  are  seen  to  be  pasted  in 
on  a  narrow  edge  of  the  original,  and  are  moreover  distinguished  by 
a  difference  in  the  paper,  being  generally  thinner  and  harder  than  the 
original  leaves,  so  that  on  them  the  ink  has  not  spread  so  much,  and 
consequently  the  print  looks  paler  and  cleaner.  It  is  worthy  of 
notice  also  that  it  is  these  inserted  leaves  which  in  C.  21.  a.  have 
become  so  brittle  and  rotten,  as  already  mentioned.  The  new  leaves 
do  not  at  all  correspond  in  number  to  their  predecessors,  for  while  in 
some  cases  a  single  original  leaf  has  been  replaced  by  a  new  one, 
bearing  the  same  number,  in  others  2,  3,  4,  6,  or  9  leaves  have  been 
cut  out,  and  only  one  inserted  to  bridge  over  the  hiatus  or  close  the 
chapter,  leaving  a  gap  in  the  paging  ;  and  in  one  notable  instance  a 
single  leaf  is  cut  out,  and  no  fewer  than  23  leaves  interpolated,  being 
the  greater  part  of  the  '  Monolog  Recreative,'  with  the  lists  of 
animals  and  their  cries,  the  sea  scenes,  the  shepherd's  cosmographical 
lecture,  the  lists  of  tales,  songs,  dances,  musical  instruments,  and 
herbs.  Of  these  supposititious  leaves  the  first  is  numbered  31, 
leaving  22  leaves  unnumbered  before  32.  The  signatures  are 
similarly  interrupted,  the  first  page  of  each  sheet  of  the  interpolation 
being  marked  simply  with  an  "■',  while  the  regular  series  is  resumed 
with  the  original  leaves.  The  following  is  a  list  of  these  alterations. 
"  One  leaf  31  (D  7)  cut  out,  and  23  leaves  inserted,  the  first  of 
which  is  numbered  31,  the  rest  being  unnumbered.  The  inserted 
leaves  consist  of  2  sheets  of  8,  and  i  of  7  leaves,   which  have  no 


The  Complaynt  of  Scotland.  145 

signatures,    the  beginning  of  each   sheet  being  marked   with   an   "" 
instead. 

"  Leaf  32  (D  8)  follows  these,  and  is  pasted  in  the  place  of  the 
last  leaf  of  the  third  "''  sheet. 

"■Three  leaves,  i-j,  38,  39  (?"  5,  6,  7),  cut  out;  and  one  leaf 
substituted,  numbered  2)1- 

"  Six  leaves,  47  to  52  (F  7  to  G  4),  cut  out ;  one  leaf  substituted, 
numbered  47. 

'"Four  leaves,  71  to  74  (I  7  to  K  2),  cut  out  ;  one  leaf  substituted, 
numbered  71. 

"  FoJir  leaves,  112  to  115  (OS  to  P  3),  apparently  cut  out ;  Jive 
leaves  substituted,  numbered  112  to  116;  the  original  116  and  117 
remain,  so  that  there  are  ttvo  leaves  numbered  116.  The  inserted 
leaves  have  no  signatures,  nor  is  the  second  116  (Piiij)  signed. 

"Nine  leaves,  118  to  126  (P  6  to  O  6),  cut  out;  one  leaf  sub- 
stituted, numbered  126. 

"  Two  leaves,  137,  138  (Si,  Sii),  cut  out;  two  leaves  substituted, 
with  same  numbers  and  signatures. 

"Three  leaves,  140  to  142  (Siiij,  5,  6),  cut  out;  two  leaves 
substituted,  numbered  69,  116,  (!)  no  signature. 

"One  leaf,  144  (S  8),  cut  out,  and  replaced  by  unnumbered  leaf, 
bearing  '  Tabula '  of  chapters. 

"The  result  of  these  various  excisions  and  insertions  is,  that  the 
numbers  on  the  leaves,  and  the  signatures  of  the  sheets,  do  not  at  all 
correspond  to  the  form  of  the  book,  as  it  finally  appeared,  containing 
148  leaves,  of  which  the  following  is  the  Register."*  (See  following 
page.) 

Dr.  Murray,  in  his  chapter  on  The  Author  and  Place  of  Printing, 
says  :— "  To  take  the  latter  of  these  first;  it  has  generally  been 
assumed  that  the   Complaynt  was  printed  in  Scotland.      Dr.   Mac- 

*  The  Complaynt  of  ScotlanJe,  E.  E.    Text  Society,  fp.  xvi.  -xxii. 

u 


146 


The  Complaynt  of  Scotland. 


Signatures. 

Leaves  numbered. 

Actual  No. 
reckoning  in  order. 

A  1-8 

1-8 

1-8 

A,  leaf  1,  the  titlepage,  no  longer 
exists  in  any  copy. 

B  1-8 

9-16 

9-16 

Bij,  iij,  iiij,  are  erroneously  signed 
Aij,  iij,  iiij. 

C  1-8 

17-24 

17-24 

D  1-6 

25-30 

25-30 

D  7  unrepresented,  D  8  see  after  * 
sheets. 

1st  *(i.8) 

31  and  7  unnumbered 

(31-38) 

2nd  ^-(1.8) 

eight 

(39-46) 

v^':\^.^) 

seven           ,, 

(47-53) 

D8 

32 

(54) 

takes  the  place  of  (3rd  *  8)  cut  out. 

Ei-5 

(38-39  omitted.) 

(55-59) 

E8 

40 

(60) 

Fi-7 

41-47 

(48*52  omitted.) 

(61-67) 

G5-8 

53-56 

(68-71) 

H  1-8 

57-64 

(72-79) 

I  1-7 

65-71 

(72-74  omitted.) 

(80-86) 

K3-8 

75-80 

(87-92) 

Li-8 

81-88 

(93-100) 

Liij  has  no  signature. 

M  1-8 

89-96 

(101-108) 

N  1-8 

97-104 

(109- 1 16) 

O1-8 

105-112 

(117-124) 

Pi-4 

113-116 

(125-128) 

P  4  bis- 

5         116  bis,  117 

(118*125  omitted.) 

(129-130) 

Piiij  has  no  signature. 

Q6-8 

126-128 

(131-133) 

Ri-8 

129-136 

(134-141) 

Si-3 

137-139 

(142-144) 

S5-8 

69,  1 16,  143,  and 

(145-148) 

one  unnumbered. 


The  Complaynt  of  Scotland.  147 

kenzie,  the  earliest  writer  who  mentions  the  work,  indeed  expressly 
says,   'Scotland's  Complaint  against  her  Three  Sons,  the  Nobility, 
Clergy,  and  Commons,  was  imprinted  at  St.  Andrews,  in  8vo,  1548.' 
Dr.  Leyden  adopts  without  question  the  same  view,  which  is  followed 
by    the   Scottish    bibliographers    generally.       My  doubts    as    to    its 
correctness  were  first  aroused  in  the  process  of  preparing  this  edition 
for  the  printer.     The  misprints  in  the  original,  as  a  glance  at  the 
bottom  of  the  pages  will  show,  are  very  numerous,  and  I  could  not 
help    remarking    that,     in    kind    as    well    as    number,    they  bore    a 
strong  resemblance  to  those  in  Jascuy's  Paris  edition  of  Lyndesay's 
Monarch^,  1558,  part  of  which  I  had  recently  collated,  on  taking  up 
the  editing  of  the  Early  English  Text  Society's  Lyndesay.     These 
consist  mainly  in  the  confounding  of  /  and  c,  of  n  and  ic,  f  and  f, 
in,  ni,  iu,  ui,  and  vt,  &c.,  errors  very  natural  for  a  compositor  who 
did  not  know  the  language  setting  from  MS.,  but,  as  it  appeared  to 
me,  impossible  for  a  native  printer  to  make,  and  a  native  reader  to 
pass.     At  least  they  were  such  as  native  printers  did  not  make  in 
other  works  of  the  day,  as   may  be   seen    from   the   typographical 
productions  of  Chepman  and  Millar,  John  Skot,   Henrie  Charteris, 
and  Thomas  Bassandyne,  all  of  which  are  very  accurately  printed  ; 
one  really  could  not  imagine  any  of  these  repeatedly  printing  die, 
c/iem,  chat,  bernik,  hanyn,   notht,   mitht,  faych,   slandris,   vtiinersal, 
enyl,  ttotht,  hane,  enryie,  laudnart,  nouch,  nenreisuig,  anareis,  sterius, 
soucht,  zenycJi,  muue  and  tnnue,  sneit,  prysomt,  scettis,  saythtful,  for 
tlie,  them,  that,  Beruic,  hauyn,  nocht,  micht,  fayth,  Flandris,  vniuersal, 
euyl,  nocht,  haiie,  euryie,  landuart,  mouth,  neurising,  auareis,  sfernis, 
fo7icht,  zenyth,  ?mine,  sueit,  prysonit,  Scottis,  faythful,  with  hundreds 
of  similar  blunders,  which  have  their  parallels  in  Jascuy's  Lyndesay. 
Then  came  the  facts  that  the  printer  used  no  w  or  j,  while  w  at  least 
is  common   in   Old   Scotch    books,    being    often   used   for  initial   v, 
whereas  here,  v  and  w  have  each  to  do  duty  in  three  capacities,  as 


148  The  Complaynt  of  Scotland. 

in  vyuis,  vniuers,  vou,  m u u e,  =  wjj'yzV,  tmivers,  voiv,  inuvc ;  and 
that  the  entire  bool<  contains  no  vestige  of  the  black  letter  in  which 
all  the  Old  Scotch  books  that  I  had  seen  were  printed. 

"Accordingly,  when  in  Scotland  in  1870,  I  set  myself,  under  the 
guidance  of  Mr.  David  Laing,  and  Mr.  Halkett  of  the  Advocates' 
Library,  to  examine  all  the  specimens  of  Early  Scottish  typography 
preserved,  and  found  that  until  a  period  long  after  the  date  of  the 
Complaynt,  there  was  no  book  printed  in  Scotland  in  Roman  type  ; 
while  among  the  few  words  in  Roman  which  occur  in  the  titlepages, 
&c.,  of  Early  Scottish  books,  there  is  no  vestige  of  any  type 
approaching  that  of  the  Complaytit.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
typography  bore  a  striking  likeness  to  that  in  many  French  works 
of  the  1 6th  century  which  I  had  examined,'"  and  I  had  no  hesitation 
in  coming  to  the  conclusion,  which  the  contents  of  the  work  entirely 
favoured,  that  it  was  printed  in  France.  I  have  since  been  pleased 
to  find  that  the  bibliographer  Herbert  had  come  to  the  same 
conclusion,  and  in  a  copy  of  his  edition  of  Ames's  Typ.  Antiq. 
furnished  with  copious  MS.  notes  for  the  purposes  of  a  new  edition, 
he  supports  his  opinion  by  saying  that  Mr.  Pinkerton  possessed  a 
French  book  of  about  the  same  date — provokingly  vague,  it  must  be 
confessed — printed  with  the  same  type.  Finally,  I  find  that  the 
experts  in  typography  at  the  British  Museum  have  just  come  to  the 
same  conclusion  ;  and  that  in  the  new  Index,  the  book  has  been 
entered  during  the  last  month  as  '  The  Complaynt  of  Scotlande  (vyth 
ane  Exortatione  to  the  thre  estaits  to  be  vigilante  in  the  deffens  of 
their  public  veil).  Attributed  to  Wedderburn,  Sir  J.  Inglis,  or  Sir 
D.  Lindsay,  Paris?   1549?  i6°-'"t 

Dr.    Murray   then   passes   in   review  the  various    claims    to  the 
authorship  of  the  book,  and  sums  up  as  follows  : — "  The  only  things 

*  "  I  m.iy  mention  as  .1  work  in  question  an  edition  of  lacques  Amyot's  Translation  of  Plutarch's 
Lives,  Paris,  1600,  which  I  have  at  the  moment  beside  me." 

t  The  Complaynt  of  Scotlande,  E.  E.    Text  Sodely,  pp.  to6-toS. 


The  Complaynt  of  Scotland.  149 

I  consider  certain  as  to  the  author,  are,  (i)  that  he  was  a  distinct  and 
thorough  partisan  of  the  French  side  ;  (2)  that  he  was  a  churchman, 
still  attached  to  the  Catholic  faith  ;  {3)  that  he  was  a  native  of  the 
Southern,  not  improbably  of  the  Border,  counties.  Sir  David 
Lyndesay  is  peremptorily  excluded  from  considerations  ;  no  less  so, 
I  think,  is  Wedderburn,  Vicar  of  Dundee;  in  lack  of  further  evidence, 
the  claims  of  Sir  James  Inglis  of  Cambuskenneth,  and  of  some 
unknown  priest  of  the  name  of  Wedderburn,  are  equally  balanced, 
though,  if  the  part  of  Mackenzie's  Life  which  calls  Inglis  a  Fife  man 
belongs  to  this  Inglis,  the  evidence  of  dialect  would  be  against  him." 
In  conclusion,  while  we  consider  the  question  of  authorship 
must  remain  an  open  question,  we  have  no  hesitation  in  completely 
agreeing  with  Dr.  Murray's  opinion  that  the  "Complaynt"  was 
printed  in  France  and  not  in  Scotland.  We  have  only  included 
this  notice  on  account  of  Scottish  bibliographers  having  hitherto 
reckoned  the  "Complaynt"  among  native  productions. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

JOHN    SCOT. 

'  I  ""HE  nationality  of  the  Scottish  printer  of  this  name  is  a  subject 
■"■  of  dispute,  many  writers  believing  that  he  was  the  individual 
named  John  Scot,  or  Skot,  who  printed  in  London  as  early  as  1521, 
and  whose  dated  books  (only  six  in  number)  range  from  that  year 
till  1537,  and  whose  undated  works  (nine)  may  have  been  printed 
either  earlier  or  later.  George  Chalmers  never  doubted  that  he  was 
an  Englishman,  and  ascribed  to  this  circumstance  what  he  considered 
the  anglicized  spelling  of  many  words  found  in  Scot's  editions  of 
Sir  David  Lyndsay's  works.  In  the  introduction  to  his  edition  of 
Lyndsay's  works,  Chalmers'  says: — "The  Copmanhoun  edition  of 
the  Monarchic,  thus  printed  by  Skott,  at  St.  Andrews,  within  the 
short  distance  of  eight  miles  from  Lyndsay's  residence  at  the  Mount, 
may  be  regarded  as  a  faithful  copy  of  what  the  author  wrote,  except 
the  spelling  of  some  words  in  the  English  mode,  which  was  so 
natural  to  Skott,  an  English  printer,  who  had  been  transplanted  from 
London  to  St.  Andrews  by  archbishop  Hamilton."  He  notes  that 
many  words  are  changed,  as — haly  to  holy,  mair  to  more,  gif  to  geve, 
stanis  to  stonis,  banis  to  bonis,  twa  to  two,  abufe  to  above,  baith  to 
boith,  bothe,  nane  to  none,  fra  to  from.  "  Now,"  he  adds,  "what  are 
the  Scottish  spellings  but  the  Anglo-Saxon  forms  of  the  words."  * 

*  Vol.  i.,  page  82. 


John  Scot.  151 

Professor  Fitzedward  Hall,  who,  in  1864,  edited  a  reprint  of 
Lauder's  "  Compendious  and  Breve  Tractate  concernyng  ye  Office 
and  Dewtie  of  Kyngis,"  printed  by  Scot  in  1556,  repeats  the  same 
statement.  Beloe  asserts  that  the  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews 
(Hamilton)  "certainly  transplanted  Scot  from  London  to  St.  Andrews 
for  the  express  purpose  of  multiplying  a  sufficient  number  of  his 
Catechism "  ;  but  as  Scot  was  resident  in  Edinburgh  four  years 
before  the  Archbishop  came  from  France,  this  assertion  may  safely 
be  set  aside.  Herbert,  too,  believed  the  English  and  Scottish  Scot  to 
be  one  and  the  same.  Dibdin,  however,  had  the  good  sense  to  scout 
the  notion,  and  Dr,  David  Laing  unhesitatingly  affirms  them  to  be 
totally  different  persons.  The  opinions  of  the  first-named  authorities 
are  evidently  drawn  from  the  similarity  of  name,  and  from  the 
circumstance  that  a  John  Scot,  printer,  turns  up  in  Edinburgh  two 
years  after  the  latest  dated  book  of  his  London  namesake.  But  if 
the  latter  began  to  print  in  1521,  and  is  found  exercising  his  art  in 
Edinburgh  fifty  years  afterwards,  we  can  only  say  that  he  had  an 
unusually  long  term  of  practical  experience.  Neither  the  types  nor 
the  device  of  John  Scot,  of  London,  are  at  all  similar  to  those  of 
John  Scot,  of  Edinburgh  and  St.  Andrews,  and  there  is  indeed  no 
positive  ground  on  which  to  rest  an  opinion  that  the  individuals 
were  in  any  way  connected  with  each  other.  Although  we  have  no 
proof,  pro  or  con,  regarding  this  point,  we  are  unwilling  to  reject  as 
entirely  groundless  the  assertions  of  the  above-named  authorities, 
and  would  rather  attempt  to  find  a  plausible  reason  for  Scot's 
journey  northwards.  Our  knowledge  of  Scot  in  London  shows  that 
he  printed  very  few  books,  and  but  fitfully,  during  the  sixteen  years 
he  laboured  there.  As  stated  above,  those  bearing  a  date  number 
only  six,  while  those  undated  number  but  nine — not  a  quantity 
sufficient  to  keep  his  press  in  operation.  We  may  suppose  that  he 
worked  in  other  offices  most  of  the  time  as  a  journeyman  printer,  or 


152  John  Scot. 

in  some  other  capacity.  The  very  year  after  the  date  of  Scot's  last 
known  London  book — i.e.,  in  1538 — there  was  printed  at  John 
Byddell's  office,  "at  the  signe  of  the  Sonne,  in  Flete  Strete,"  "  The 
Complaynte  and  Testament  of  a  Popinjay,  &c.,"  a  poem  by  Sir 
David  Lyndsay — a  circumstance  which  shows  that  there  was  some 
connection  between  Scotland  and  Byddell's  establishment.  Scot  may 
have  been  engaged  in  this  same  office,  and  learning  that  there  was 
only  one  printer  in  Edinburgh,  there  was  consequently  a  favourable 
opening  for  starting  a  second  press  in  that  city. 

We  know  for  certain  that  a  John  Scot,  printer,  obtained  in  June, 
1539,  a  grant  of  two  chambers,  with  cellars  beneath,  in  a  house  on 
the  north  side  of  the  Cowgate,  at  the  foot  of  Borthwick's  close, 
Edinburgh,  which  had  belonged  to  one  David  Gillespie,  a  baker, 
and  which  had  fallen  into  the  king's  hands  after  Gillespie's  death  on 
account  of  his  being  a  bastard.  The  upper  rooms  of  the  same 
house  were  at  the  same  time  granted  to  William  Chepman,  writer  to 
the  signet  (a  relative  of  Walter  Chepman  of  typographic  note),  and 
who  was  killed  ten  years  afterwards  in  a  quarrel  which  took  place  in 
Edinburgh  between  the  French  soldiers  and  the  citizens.  How  Scot 
was  engaged  during  the  next  few  years  we  can  only  conjecture.  He 
may  have  found  employment  with  Davidson,  or  his  own  press  may 
have  been  in  occasional  or  even  continual  operation,  although  not 
the  slightest  vestige  of  his  labour  remains.  Dr.  Laing  conjectures 
that  when  the  English  army  burned  Edinburgh  in  1544,  Scot 
tied  to  Dundee  or  St.  Andrews,  taking  with  him  his  press  and 
priming  materials.  There  is  no  doubt  that  he  was  believed  to 
be  in  Dundee  in  1547,  as  letters  charging  John  Scrymgeour,  of 
Glastrae,  Constable  of  Dundee,  to  apprehend  John  Scot,  printer, 
and  place  him  in  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh,  were  issued  by  the  Privy 
Council  on  the  5th  of  April  that  year.  What  offence  Scot  had  been 
guilty   of  does   not  appear ;    but   Scrymgeour  evidently   considered 


John  Scot.  153 

him  to  have  been  hardly  dealt  with,  and  gave  in  a  resignation  of  his 
office  rather  than  be  the  instrument  of  such  violent  proceedings.'"' 
It  is  probable  that  Scot's  misdemeanour  at  this  time  was  the  pub- 
lication of  some  libellous  or  illegal  production,  an  offence  of  which 
he  was  guilty  on  another  occasion.  He  was  undoubtedly  favoured 
by  the  prelatic  party  in  St.  Andrews,  to  whom  he  was  eminently 
useful,  and  who  would  certainly  do  what  they  could  to  keep  him 
from  skaith.  But  although  his  labours  were  chiefly  devoted  to  their 
service,  he  was  evidently  not  unwilling  to  lend  his  practical  skill  to 
the  anti-church  party  who,  after  the  death  of  Cardinal  Beaton  in 
1546,  were  under  fewer  religious  restrictions.  Scot,  in  trying  to 
serve  both  sections  of  the  community,  did  so  no  doubt  from  a 
natural  desire  to  obtain  a  decent  living ;  and  it  was  probably  a 
necessity  which  compelled  him  to  appear  to  desert  his  friends.  We 
are  warranted  in  believing  that  Scot  printed  a  number  of  tracts  in 

*  .'\pucl  Edinburgh,  quiiUo  Aprilis,  anno,  etc.  Vc  quadragesimo  septimo. 

Sederunt.  Episcopus  Dunkeklensis,  &c. 
The  quhilk  day,  fforsamekill  as  oure  Sover.inc  Ladyis  lettres  wer  direct,  chargeing  Johne  Skrimgeour 
of  Glastree,  Constable  of  Dunde  and  provest  of  the  samyn,  to  tak  and  apprehend  Johne  Scott,  prentar, 
and  to  bring  and  present  him  within  the  Castell  of  Etlinburgh,  and  to  deliver  him  to  the  capitane 
thairof,  ta  be  punist  for  his  demeretis  and  faltis  conforme  to  the  lawis  and  consuetude  of  the  realme, 
under  the  pane  of  trcsoun  :  At  command  of  the  quhilkis,  the  said  Johne  Skrimgeour  as  he  allegit  did 
his  exact  diligence  to  apprehend  him,  and  culd  nocht  fynd  him,  and  the  said  Johne  comperand  to 
answer  upoun  his  charge,  schew  how  he  had  socht  the  said  Johne  Scott  .and  could  nocht  apprehend 
him,  as  said  is.  Tharfor,  the  Lordis  of  Counsale,  of  the  said  Johnis  awin  consent,  ordanis  him  to  do 
his  exact  diligence  for  the  seiking  and  seircheing  of  the  said  Johne  Scott  within  the  boundis  of  his 
ofBce,  and  to  tak  and  apprehend  him,  and  to  bring  and  put  him  within  the  Castell  of  Edinburgh,  and 
deliver  him  to  the  capitane  thairof  to  the  etfect  forsaid,  eftir  the  forme  and  tennour  of  the  lettres  direct 
to  him  thairupoun  of  liefor,  and  under  the  panis  contcnit  in  the  samln.  .\nd  in  caise  the  said  Johne 
.Scott  can  nocht  be  gottin,  and  beis  fugitive  to  the  boundis  of  the  scherefdomes  of  Forfair,  Kincardine, 
Perth,  FifF,  and  uthairis  places  thairabout,  ordanis  the  Scheretfis  of  the  saidis  schiris,  Provestis, 
Aldermen,  and  Baillies  of  the  liurrowis  of  the  samyn,  to  pass  serche,  and  seik  the  said  Johne  quhair 
evir  he  may  be  apprehendit,  within  the  boundis  of  thair  offices,  ilk  ane  of  thame  for  thair  awin  part, 
to  tak  and  apprehend  him,  and  to  bring  and  present  him  within  the  Castell  of  Edinburgh,  and  to 
deliver  him  to  the  capitane  thairof  with  all  diligence.  And  giff  the  said  Johne  Scott  happinnis  to  pas 
to  ony  strenthis  or  castellis,  and  haldi^  him  thairintill,  ordanis  the  said  Schereffis  and  thair  Deputis, 
Provestis,  .\ldermen,  and  Baillies  of  Burrowis,  and  uthairis  otficiaris  of  the  Quenis,  Scheriffis  in  that 
pairt,  to  pas  and  command,  and  charge  the  maistcris,  awneris,  and  keiparas  of  sik  castellis,  houssis, 
and  strenthis,  that  thai  intromet  with  all  diligence,  bring  and  present  the  said  Johne  Scott  within  the 
said  Castell  of  Edinburgh,  and  deliver  him  to  the  capitane  thairof  to  the  effect  forsaid,  under  the  pane 
to  be  repute  and  haldin  as  art  and  part  takar  with  him  in  his  evill  deidis,  and  to  be  callit  assusit  and 
puneist  thairfor  with  all  rigour  as  effeiris  conforme  to  the  lawis  of  the  realme. 

The  samyn  day,  Johne  Skrimgeour  of  Glestre,  provest  off  Dunde,  hes,  in  presens  of  the  Lordis  of 
Counsale,  renuncit  and  renunces,  his  office  of  provestrie  of  the  burgh  of  Dunde,  and  nevir  to  half 
intrometting  thairwith  fra  hyne  furth  in  tymes  to  cum,  and  thairupoun  askit  instrumentis,  hora  tertia 
post  meridiem. — Rtgister  of  the  Privy  Cotincil  of  Scotland,  Vol.  i.,  p.  69. 


154  John  Scoi. 

prose  and  poetry,  without  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  which  gave 
great  annoyance  to  the  government,  and  were  probably  the  very 
cause  which  called  forth  from  Parliament,  on  the  ist  of  February, 
155 1-2,  an  enactment  against  printing  books,  &c.,  without  a  licence. 
This  statute  is  one  of  great  historical  importance  in  connection  with 
our  subject,  and  we  must  therefore  give  it  entire.  It  is  headed  : — 
"CANENT    PRENTARIS 

Hem.  Forsamekill  as  thair  is  divers  Prentaris  in  the  Realme  that 
daylie  and  continuallie  prentis  bukis  concerning  the  faith,  ballatis, 
sangis,  blasphematiounis,  rymes,  als  weill  of  kirkmen  as  temporale, 
and  others  Tragedeis,  alsweill  in  latine  as  in  Inglis  toung,  not  sene, 
vewit,  and  considderit  be  the  superiouris,  as  appertenis  to  the 
defamatioun  &  sclander  of  the  liegis  of  this  Realme,  and  to  put 
ordour  to  sic  inconvenientis  :  C  It  is  devisit,  statute  and  ordanit  be 
my  Lord  Governour,  with  avise  of  the  thre  Estates  of  Parliament, 
That  na  Prentar  presume,  attempt  or  tak  upone  hand,  to  prent  ony 
bukis,  ballatis,  sangis,  blasphematiounis,  rymes  or  Tragedeis,  outhir 
in  latin  or  Inglis  toung  in  ony  tymes  to  cum,  unto  the  tyme  the  samin 
be  sene,  vewit  and  examit  be  sum  wyse  and  discreit  persounis  depute 
thairto  be  the  Ordinaris  quhatsumever.  And  thairefter  ane  licence 
had  and  obtenit  fra  our  Soverane  Lady,  and  my  Lord  Governour  for 
Imprenting  of  sic  bukis,  under  the  pane  of  confiscatioun  of  all  the 
Prentaris  gudis,  and  banisshing  him  of  the  Realme  for  ever." 

The  first  statement  in  the  enactment  is  one  which  puzzles  us  not 
a  little,  seeing  that  we  are  quite  ignorant  of  the  names  of  the  printers, 
besides  Scot,  to  whom  it  could  apply.  Davidson,  as  far  as  we  are 
aware,  was  either  dead,  or  had  at  least  long  since  ceased  to  exercise 
his  art,  and  Lekpreuik  had  not  yet  begun  to  work.  It  is  evident 
from  that  passage  which  states  that  many  works  had  been  printed 
without  being  seen,  viewed  and  considered  by  the  superiors,  that 
some  kind  of  restriction  had  been  enforced  upon  the  Scottish  press 


John  Scot.  155 

before  the  passing  of  this  measure,  which  may  be  looked  upon,  in 
fact,  as  but  the  legal  embodiment  of  a  power  which  had  been 
previously  in  operation.  But  from  the  date  of  the  passing  of  the 
statute  there  could  be  no  uncertainty  as  to  the  existence  of  a 
recognised  authority,  to  whom  all  works  were  required  to  be 
delivered,  and  with  whom  lay  the  power  of  determining  what  should 
be  printed  or  not.  The  wise  and  discreet  persons,  no  doubt,  meant 
churchmen,  who  collectively,  both  before  and  after  the  reformation, 
considered  that  they  held  unquestionable  right  to  the  censorship  of 
the  press. 

Whether  from  policy  or  mere  oversight,  Scot  put  his  name  to 
very  few  of  the  works  which  he  printed  ;  and,  when  he  did  add  it, 
he  seemed  indifferent  how  he  spelt  it.  In  Patrick  Cockburn's  "In 
Dominicam  Orationem  pia  meditatio,"  1555,  we  find  "Ex  typo- 
graphia  lohannis  Scot "  on  the  titlepage,  and  "  Excudebat  loannes 
Scott "  in  the  colophon. 

It  was  not  until  1552  that  Scot  accomplished  the  work  for  which 
Beloe  believed  he  was  brought  to  Scotland — viz.,  the  Catechism  of 
Archbishop  Hamilton.  Although  no  copy  has  come  down  to  our 
time,  we  may  conclude  that  in  1553  he  printed  the  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment as  ordered  by  the  Privy  Council  on  the  13th  of  May  in  that 
year.*  Immediately  after  the  reformation  he  printed  the  Confession 
of  Faith,  either  on  his  own  account  or  at  the  desire  of  the  reformed 
party,  who  also  employed  Robert  Lekpreuik  to  print  it  at  the  same 
time.  In  August,  1562,  while  he  was  engaged  in  printing  "The 
Last   Blast    of  the   Trompet,"   the   composition  of   Ninian   Winzet, 

*  Apud  Striveling,  xiij  Maij,  anno,  etc.  vcHijo. 

Presentibus,  Regina  et  Gubernatore.  Sederunt.  Archiepiscopi  &c. 
The  Quenis  Grace,  my  Lord  Governour,  with  avise  of  the  Lordis  of  Secreit  Counsel,  ordanis  the  Clerk 
of  Register  to  extract  and  draw  furth  of  all  bukis  of  Parliament,  and  all  utheris,  Inikis  of  Prive  Counsel, 
all  actis  maid  sen  the  Kingis  deceis  twiching  the  commoun  Weill  and  weil  fare  of  this  realme,  and 
deliver  the  samyn,  attentiklie  subscrivit  with  his  hand,  to  my  Lord  Thesaurar,  to  the  effect  that  he  may 
gar  imprent  thir  actis  ;  and  ordanis  my  Lord  Thesaurar  to  direck  luttres  our  all  partis  of  this  realme, 
to  mak  publicatioun  thairof,  swa  that  na  persoun  may  pretend  ignorance  in  tyme  to  cum. — Regijter  of 
the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland,    Vol.  i.,  p.  ijS. 


I  :;6  John  Scot. 

"ane  Catholik  preist  borne  in  Renfrew,"  a  person  obnoxious  by  his 

other  writings  to  the  protestants,    "the   magistrates  of   Edinburgh 

with  their  officers  broke  into  the  printing  office,  seized  the  copies  of 

the  work,  and  dragged  the  printer,  John  Scot,  to  prison."  *     The 

extent  of  his  punishment  is  not  known ;    but    he    does    not    again 

appear  before  us  till  1568,  when  he  printed  an  edition  of  Sir  David 

Lyndsay's  works  at  the  expense  of  Henry  Charteris.      In  1571  he 

printed  the  same  work  for  the  same  party,  but  after  this  date  we 

learn  nothing  further  regarding  him.      It  will  be  seen  that  he  divided 

his  time  between  St.  Andrews  and  Edinburgh,  and,  as  many  of  his 

most  interesting  works  give  no  indication  of  the  place  of  printing, 

we  are  left  in  doubt  as  to  whether  they  were  executed  in  the  one 

city  or  in  the  other. 

To  trace  from  hand  to  hand  the  types  and  woodcuts  used  by  our 

early  printers  is  a  study  pregnant  with  results,  and  we  have  been 

fortunate  in  recovering  a  few  details  with  regard  to  the  stock-in-trade 

of  the  printer  under  consideration.      Scot  appears  to  have  lost  his 

"prenting  irnis    and    letteris "   at    the    time    of  his  capture  by   the 

magistrates  of  Edinburgh,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  extract 

from  the  records  of  that  city : — 

"26  September  1563 

„        ...  The  baillies  and  counsale,  vnderstanding  be  the 

Scottis  irnis,  * 

. .  J  complaynt  of  Thomas  Alexander,  burges  of  this 

burgh,   that  he  had  obtenit  ane   decreit  before 

thame  aganis  Jhonn  Scott,  prenter,  extending  to  ix  li.,  and  that  the 

said   Jhonne  had  na   vtheris   guddis  saifing  his  prenting  irnis  and 

*  Bisho])  Leslie's  account  of  the  transaction  is  of  sufficient  interest  to  warrant  its  insertiotl : — 
"  Haec  res  Niniano  Win/.cto  maximam  apud  Ilatreticos  inviiliam  conflavit.  Unile  cum  audirent  ilium 
jam  apud  Typographum  calerc  in  libro  cxcudendo,  quo  cogitarat  cum  Knoxio  de  tide  violata  ad  nobili- 
tatem  cxpostularc  (hac  sola  ratione  putaliat  liaercticos  ad  responsionem  posse  clici)  consilium  ineunt  de 
opere  disturbando,  Winzeto  capientlo,  Typographo  mulctando.  Magistratus  cum  satellibus  irruit  in 
TypoRraphiam,  libros,  quos  reperit,  aufcrt,  Joanncm  Scutum  Typographum  bonis  mulctatum  in  carcerem 
abripil ;  sed  Winretum,  qucni  tantopere  cupiebant,  prae  foribus  Magistratui  occurentem,  quod  incognitus 
elapsus  fueral,  dolcnl  hatretici,  rident  Catholici.  — Leslaeus  dt  Origine,  Morilius,  el  A'e/'us  Gtslis 
Scotorum,  Kottuie,  istS,  40.,  p.  jS^. 


John  Scot.  157 

letteris  quhilk  war  in  the  townis  handis,  and  without  the  samyn  wer 
deliiierit  to  him  he  war  nocht  able  to  get  payment  of  his  said  decreit, 
and  thairfor  desyrit  thair  lordschippes  to  deliuer  him  the  saidis  irnis 
and  letteris  for  the  caussis  forsaid  and  he  sould  bind  and  obliss  him, 
vnder  the  pane  of  xl  li.  that  the  saidis  letteris  and  irnis  sould  neuir 
cum  in  the  possessioun  of  the  said  Jhonn  Scott  nor  be  applyit  to  ony 
vngodlie  wark  as  they  haue  bene  of  before,  quhilk  complaynt  the 
baillies  and  counsale  foresaid  thocht  ressonabill  and  ordanis  the 
saidis  letteris  and  irnis  to  be  deliuerit  to  the  officeris  to  be  comprisit 
as  vse  is,  and  gyf  the  said  Thomas  offerit  maist  thairfor  to  be 
deliuerit  to  him,  and  the  said  Thomas  oblissis  him  be  thir  presenttis 
to  fulfill  the  premissis  vnder  the  panis  abone  written." 

This  arrangement,  however,  does  not  appear  to  have  held  good, 
for  in  the  original  the  foregoing  act  is  delete,  and  the  following 
written  on  the  margin  : — 

Scottis  irnisj  "xxj  Martii  1564.  Thir  irnis,  at  command  of  the 
Alexander.  baillies  and  counsale,  deliuerit  to  Thomas  Bassenden, 
and  the  said  Thomas  oblist  as  Thomas  Alexander, 
and  forthair  that  thair  sail  nathing  be  print  quhill  the 
samyn  be  first  schewin  to  the  baillies  and  counsale 
and  thair  licence  had  and  obtenit  thairto,  vnder  the 
pane  contenit  in  this  present  act."  * 

We  do  not  think  that  Bassandyne  continued  to  hold  the  plant,  for 
the  same  ornaments  appear  in  Scot's  editions  of  Lyndsay's  works  of 
1568  and  1 57 1  which  we  find  in  his  earlier  books,  while  we  are  not 
aware  of  any  of  them  occurring  in  books  printed  by  Bassandyne. 

Scot  used  as  a  device  a  small  oblong  woodcut,  rudely  representing 
Hercules  with  a  club  in  the  act  of  striking  a  Centaur.  It  had 
apparently  formed  part  of  a  larger  block,  or  may  have  been  originally 

*  EJinlmrgh  Couiull  A'eionls,  Vol.  iv. ,  fol.  So. 


J  r^  John  Scot. 

intended  for  combining  with  others  to  form  an  ornamental  framework, 
such  as  we  see  round  the  pages  of  many  of  the  early  French  church- 
service  books. 


Ctnontsta  effigy  w  mime 


^ismin  nemo  ^t^nHaiata^  coatu  «£<3eliaco 


^ 

« 


Titlenage  of  Archbishop  Hamilton's  Catechisme,  7552. 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

JOHN    SCOT'S    DATED     WORKS. 

•552  npHE  Catechisme,  &c.,  Quarto.  The  title,  as  will  be  seen  in  the 
23.  -*•  accompanying  illustration,  is  within  a  rude  border,  and  on  the 
back  are  two  latin  stanzas  "Ad  Pivm  Lectorem,"  the  first  having  ten, 
and  the  second  twelve  lines,  both  in  roman  characters.  Then  follow 
the  preface,  by  Archbishop  Hamilton,  on  three  leaves,  "Ane  tabil 
of  all  the  principal  materis,"  in  double  columns,  on  nine  leaves  (all 
unnumbered),  and  the  Catechisme  itself  on  207  leaves.  The  par- 
ticulars or  items  enumerated  in  the  Tabil  are  each  reprinted  in  small 
roman  type  on  the  margin  of  the  pages  containing  the  matters 
treated  of.  On  the  verso  of  the  last  leaf  is  this  colophon  in  five 
lines  of  small  roman  type  : — 

]^~  Prentit  at  sanct  Androus,  be  the  command  and 
expesis  of  the  maist  reuerend  father  in  God,  lohne 
Archbischop  of  sanct  Androus,   and  primat  of  ye 
hail    kirk    of     Scotland,     the    xxix.    day    of     Au- 
gust, the  zeir  of  our  Lord  M.D.lii. 
Below  this  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the   Centaur.      Fol.  ccv.  is 
the  last  numbered  leaf,  but  the  text  is  continued  to  the  foot  of  the 
following    leaf    (unnumbered),    on    the   verso   of    which    the    errata 
commence,    "  Heir    followis   certane  faultis  eschaipit  be   negligence 
in  the  prenting  of  this  buke."     These  corrections  occupy  that  page, 
all  the  following,  and  ten  lines  of  the  last  leaf      Below  this  is  the 

w 


1 62  John  Scofs  Dated  Works. 

colophon,  followed  by  the  device  as  stated  above.  The  last  six 
lines  of  errata  contain  reasons  for  mistakes : — "  All  vthir  faultis, 
other  committit  be  negligens  as  thir  afore  colleckit,  or  be  imper- 
fection of  the  prent,  the  lettir  nocht  beand  fullily  fillit  with  ynk  or 
nocht  set  in  euin  &  rycht  order,  ane  gentil  reider  may  esely  persaif 
and  thairfor  suld  reid  thame  as  weil  as  he  can  in  the  best  maner." 

Neither  on  the  title  nor  on  the  last  page  does  the  printer's  name 
appear,  but  we  can  have  no  hesitation  in  ascribing  the  execution  of 
the  work  to  Scot,  the  device  being  sufficient  to  identify  it  as  his 
handiwork.  The  device  appears  also  as  a  vignette  on  the  recto  of 
fol.  clxxv.,  and  on  the  other  side  we  find  three  florid  capitals,  two 
of  which  occur  in  Bellenden's  Croniklis,  and  the  third — a  P — of  the 
same  size  and  character  as  the  H  and  S  found  in  Davidson's  Actis. 
In  Hamilton's  Catechisme  the  initial  P  bears  the  image  of  St.  Peter 
with  his  key,  standing  behind  the  letter.  A  large  number  of  the 
Horid  initials  of  the  Croniklis  are  found  in  the  Catechisme,  a  proof 
that  Scot  had  acquired  possession  of  at  least  a  portion  of  Davidson's 
printing  materials.  On  the  recto  of  fol.  .xci.  (although  numbered 
xci.  it  is  so  erroneously,  and  ought  to  be  Ixxix.),  we  find  a  very  rude 
cut  of  the  Transfiguration,  measuring  about  4  inches  by  3  inches. 
This  engraving  does  service  in  another  work  of  the  same  printer. 

The  text  of  the  work  is  in  black-letter,  but  the  head-lines,  chapter 
licadings,  marginal  references,  latin  quotations,  and  colophon  are  in 
roman  type.  There  are  220  leaves  in  all,  and  a  full  page  has  thirty- 
one  lines,  exclusive  of  running  title  and  catchword.  There  are 
several  mistakes  in  the  numbering  of  the  leaves,  and  the  arrangement 
of  the  signatures  is  irregular.  There  are  twenty-four  sheets  of  four 
leaves,  fourteen  of  eight,  one  of  nine,  and  one  of  three  leaves. 
The  collation  is  : — 4  leaves,  without  signature,  ^9ABCDEFG 
H  I  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  V  X4  Y  Z  Aa  BbS  Cc4  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg 
Hh  li  Kk  LI  Mm  Nn^  Oo4  Pp3. 


«f  ftit  ten  commn  Slu  fedjcd^ 

ittt  taOamma  of  tde  tea  tmm%r(!3is,  ^mti\ 
to  ts  ur  atm^cti(^<]g9{i,  td  (^ui^ome  be  g^ 
ufiial lomit^oa^  t^an&iSj  Donoup  ann  ' 


John  Scot's  Dated  Works.  165 

The  Provincial  Council,  or  Synod,  which  was  held  at  Edinburgh 
on  the  26th  of  January,  1551-2,  authorised  the  publication  of  the 
Catechisme,  in  the  vernacular  tongue,  which  contains  an  Exposition 
of  the  Commandments,  the  Creed,  and  the  Lord's  Prayer,  to  be  used 
solely  by  the  clergy  for  reading  to  the  people,  "  when  there  cummis 
na  preachour  to  thame  to  schaw  thame  the  word  of  God."  As  we 
learn  from  the  work  itself  it  was  "  set  forth "  and  printed  at  the 
command  and  expenses  of  the  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  John 
Hamilton,  from  whom  it  derives  its  name. 

A  facsimile  reprint  was  published  in  1882,  with  an  introduction 
by  Professor  A.  F.  Mitchell,  D.D.,  and  an  edition  was  issued  in  1884 
by  the  Clarendon  Press,  with  a  preface  by  Mr.  Gladstone,  and  an 
introduction  by  Mr.  Thomas  Graves  Law,  of  the  Signet  Library, 
Edinburgh. 

Of  the  original  edition  about  a  dozen  copies  are  known  to  exist. 
There  are  two  copies  in  the  British  Museum,  and  one  in  each  of  the 
following  libraries — Advocates',  University,  and  Signet  Libraries, 
Edinburgh;  St.  Andrews  University  Library;  Benedictine  Monastery 
at  Fort  Augustus  ;  Blairs  College  ;  Lincoln  Cathedral  ;  and  in  the 
library  of  the  Earl  of  Crawford  at  Haigh  Hall.  A  copy  was  in 
the  library  of  N.  P.  Simes,  Esq.,  of  Strood  Park,  Horsham,  dispersed 
in  July,  1886. 

1555  ^>^In  Domini  |  cam  Orationem  |  Pia  Meditatio,  |  qua,  in  Deum 

24.  animus  fidelis,  mi-  |  rum  in  modum  excitatur.  |  Authore  Patricio 
Coc-  1  burno,  Scoto.  |  &c.  |  [Scot's  device,  the  cut  of  Hercules 
and  the  Centaur  occupies  the  centre  of  the  page.]  ^>^  Ex  typo- 
graphia  lohannis  Scot.  |  In  Ciuitate  Sancti  Andreee  ]  .15.  Calendas 
Octobris.  |  .1555.  j  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

The  above  is  the  title  of  a  small  octavo  volume,  dedicated 
"  Marize,  Regni  Scotorum  Regenti  dignissimse,"  and  contains  in  all 


1 66  John  Scot's  Dated  U'orks. 

lOO  leaves,  printed  chietly  in  italic  type,  with  signatures,  catchwords, 
and  paging  on  recto  only.  The  collation  is  as  follows  : — 8  leaves 
without  signature,  *'»,  A — L^.  i,  Title,  verso  blank,  2 — 8,  '*i— 2=^ 
Epistola  Nuncupatoria,  dated  "Ex  academia  tua  Andreana,  15. 
Calendas  Octobris,  Anno  Domini,  1555."  *2'' — 4=*  In  Oratione 
Observanda,  *i^  Oratio  Dominica,  A — L  8=*  the  work,  L  8''  "  Typo- 
graphvs  pio  lectori,"  in  which  the  reader  is  asked  to  correct  the 
faults,  and  after  their  enumeration  there  is  this  colophon  : — 
^>^  Excudebat   loannes  Scott. 

•1555- 
C.  P.  R. 
Only  the  first  recto  of  each  sheet  is  signed. 

The  author  of  the  work  became  first  protestant  minister  of 
Haddington,  and  died  in  1568.  He  was  author  of  several  other 
works,  none  of  which  were  printed  in  Scotland. 

A  copy  of  this  work  was  formerly  in  the  library  of  Dr. 
Laing,  No.  776,  Part  I.,  of  his  Sale  Catalogue,  and  is  now  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Ouaritch. 

155(1  Ane  Compendious  And  breue  Tractate,  &c.     The  title,  as  will 

25.    be   seen    in    the    accompanying    illustration,    has    a    rude    woodcut 
representing  a  king  in  state. 

This  tractate  is  a  small  quarto  of  twelve  leaves,  printed  in  black 
letter,  without  pagination  or  catchwords,  but  with  signatures  A — C 
in  fours.  Signatures  B  and  C  are  signed  on  the  first  leaf,  the  other 
leaves  are  not  signed.  The  collation  is  Ai*  Title,  i''  The  Contentis. 
A  2 — C  4"  the  poem,  C  4''  woodcut  of  Doomsday.  On  the  recto 
of  the  last  leaf — C  4 — after  the  concluding  lines  of  the  poem,  is  this 
colophon  : — 


sine  ^nmttihioni 

finn  t  icae  Sttticttittf  CoutccnpQS  re  e>tHa  &nt  t>€tinu 
lUUiltetfomprUrbe  wilUam  S^oocc  jfot  V)z  ftttHf^ 


Dfl^^  Iii(Uc<>m.qQi  iu^tcattitcRim« 


Titlepage  of  Lauder's  Dewtis  of  Kyngis,  1556. 


John  Scot's  Dated  Works.  169 

Below  this  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the  Centaur.  On  the  verso 
of  the  same  leaf  is  the  cut  of  Doomsday,  representing  Christ  sitting 
in  judgment,  and  having  above  it  "  Respice  finem,"  and  below  it : — 
"  The  Lord  Menteine  the  Faithfull  Floke 
With  Strenth,  to  Drawe  in  to  his  Zoke." 
It  may  possibly  be  accidental,  but  it  is  worth  calling  the  reader's 
attention  to  a  peculiarity  which  this  cut  has  in  common  with  that  of 

tt'cait  oftDd^f  fEtoeo(C  bett:^  tot  B^as.  dto  &U 

Co  fair  ^ti^^wrfaBfe 
SttD  rc^(t)  alib,  cttt^d  d}it>er(lu$e 


'Son  t^e  pttte  relp  nsMt^ng 

an6  ftet^flme  boit^OR)  man  cC  dapr 

£!^!jari?  £0,  t(}t^  moil  xztmwt  (Uaioa^ft 


the  Transfiguration  in  Hamilton's  Catechisme.  In  both  it  will  be 
observed  that  the  figure  of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  has  but  one  eye, 
and  it  is  very  singular  that  it  is  the  right  eye  which  remains  in  both 
cuts.  The  left  eye  has  the  appearance  of  having  been  cut  away 
from  the  wood-block. 

The    accompanying  facsimile   of  part  of  A  3=*    presents  a  very 
beautiful  and  spirited  initial  letter  Q,  and  gives  a  fair  example  of  the 


I  JO  John  Scot's  Dated  ]Vorks. 

typography  of  this  most  interesting  and  curious  tract.  It  is  worthy 
of  notice  that  the  first  instance  of  the  use  in  Scotland  of  Greek  type 
occurs  in  this  work.  As  will  be  observed  in  the  illustration  repre- 
senting part  of  B  3^,  the  Greek  capital  letter  sigma,  reversed,  does 
duty  for  the  Z  in  the  word  Zitt. 

BttenD  Wttoh  Qtt^oto  $0  iuV^t  djufe 


The  piece  contains  neither  printer's  name  nor  place  of  printing, 
but  there  is  no  doubt  that  it  was  executed  by  Scot,  and  most  likely 
at  St.  Andrews. 

Lauder  was  a  Master  of  Arts  of  St.  Leonard's  College,  St. 
Andrews,  and  the  author  of  several  metrical  productions  besides 
the  above.  He  appears  to  have  been  skilled  in  the  composition 
of  dramatic  works,  and  on  several  occasions  provided  plays, 
or  farsches,  which  were  performed  in  public.  He  was  ultimately 
appointed  first  protestant  minister  of  the  united  parishes  of  For- 
gandenny,  Forteviot,  and  Muckarsie,  in  the  Presbytery  of  Perth, 
and  died  in   1571   or   1572. 

Only  two  copies  are  known  of  this  poem  ;  one  in  the  Britwell 
Library,  which  is  the  identical  copy  recorded  by  Lowndes  as  sold  in 
1S27  for  £2-]  I  OS.,  and  the  other — from  which  the  accompanying 
facsimiles  were  taken — formerly  J.  Leckie's,  then  Dr.  David  Laing's, 
and  purchased  in  1879  for  ^77  at  the  sale  of  the  library  of  the  last 


Lauder's  Dewtis  of  Kyngis,  1556.    C  4,  verso. 


John  Scot's  Dated  Works.  173 

mentioned    collector    by    Mr.    Bernard    Quaritch,    and    now    in    his 
possession. 

The  Compendious  and  Breue  Tractate  has  been  twice  reprinted  ; 
once  in  "The  Crypt,"  in  1827,  and  a  second  time  more  accurately 
by  the  Early  English  Text  Society  in  1864,  under  the  editorship  of 
Professor  Fitzedward  Hall.  The  latter  edition  contains  a  short  but 
interesting  notice  of  Lauder  and  his  works,  by  Dr.  David  Laing. 

'55*^  S^  ^'^^  compendius  |  Tractiue  conforme  to  the  Scripturis  of  | 

26.  almychtie  God,  ressoun,  and  authoritie,  |  declaring  the  nerrest,  and 
onlie  way,  to  |  establische  the  conscience  of  ane  chri-  |  stiane  man, 
in  all  materis  (quhilks  ]  ar  in  debate)  concernyng  faith  |  and  religioun. 
I  5©*  Set  Fvrth  Be  Maister  Ovintine  |  Kennedy,  Commendatar  of 
the  abbay  off  ]  Crosraguell,  and  dedicat  to  his  derrest,  |  and  best 
beluiffit  Nepuo,  Gilbert  |  maister  of  Cassillis.  |  ^f^  In  the  -^eir  of 
God,  Ane  thou-  |  sand  fyue  houndreth  fifty  aucht  |  ';eris.  |  [At  the 
foot  of  the  page  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the  Centaur.] 

This  is  a  small  quarto  of  fifty-eight  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter, 
without  name  of  place  or  of  printer,  but  undoubtedly  from  the  press 
of  Scot.  There  is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  occur  on  some  pages. 
The  signatures  are  irregular — four  leaves  unsigned,  B  C  D  E  F  G^ 
H<^.  The  title  is  the  first  leaf,  verso  blank;  leaf  2 — "To  my 
derrest  and  best  beluiffit  Nepuo  Gilbert  maister  of  cassilis  &c."  ;  the 
verso  of  the  last  leaf  is  blank. 

Kennedy  was  of  noble  birth,  and,  being  destined  for  the  Church, 
received  an  academical  education.  He  was  the  fourth  son  of  Gilbert, 
second  Earl  of  Cassilis,  and  Isobel,  daughter  of  Archibald,  second 
Earl  of  Argyll.  He  rose  to  be  Abbot  of  the  Abbey  of  Crossraguell, 
in  Ayrshire,  and  died  in  1564.  He  was  the  author  of  several  tracts 
of  a  controversial  character,  and  was  looked  upon  by  the  Roman 
Catholic  party  as  one  of  their  ablest  defenders.      His  "Compendius 


174  John  Scot's  Dated  Works. 

Tractive"  was  answered  in  1563  by  Johne  Davidson,  Maister  of  the 
Pedagog  of  Glasgow.  Both  works  are  reprinted  in  the  Wodrow 
Miscellany,  1844,  a  collection  of  most  valuable  materials  relative  to 
the  reformation  period  of  Scottish  history,  selected  and  edited  by 
Dr.   David  Laing. 

The  original  is  a  work  of  great  rarity,  only  three  copies  being 
known  ;  one  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  another  in  the 
library  of  St.  Mary's  College,  Blairs,  and  a  third  copy  was  in  the 
library  of  the  late  Dr.   Laing. 

1 561  The  I  Confessioun   of  fa-  |  ith    Professit,   And  Belevit,    Be  |  the 

27.  Protestantes  within  the  Realme  of  Scotland.  Pub-  |  lisched  be 
thaim  in  Parliament.  And  be  the  Estatis  |  thairof.  Ratifeit  and 
appreuit,  as  hailsu,  &  sound  |  Doctryne  groundit  vpon  the  infallible 
treuth  I  of  Goddis  vvorde  |  Math.  34.  |  i^^  And  this  glaid  tydingis 
of  the  Kingdome,  |  salbe  preached  throuch  the  heale  warld  ]  for  ane 
wytnes  vnto  all  nations  :  |  And  than  sail  the  end  cum.  | 

This  is  a  small  quarto  of  nineteen  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter, 
except  the  marginal  notes  and  some  passages  in  italic  and  roman 
characters.  The  collation  is — title,  one  leaf,  verso  blank,  and 
signatures  A — E  2  in  fours.  There  is  no  pagination  or  catchwords, 
but  with  signatures  on  the  first  leaf  of  B  C  D  and  E.  At  the  end  is 
this  colophon  : — "  Thir  Actis,  and  Artycles,  ar  Red  in  face  of 
Paliar-  |  ment,  and  ratifiit  be  the  three  Estatis  of  this  |  Realme.  At 
Edinburgh  y  17.  day  of  luly.  |  the  ';eir  of  God.  Ane  thowsand  fyue 
hun-  1  dreth  three  score  ^eris.  And  Im-  [  prentit  be  me  Ihone 
Scott.  I  1 56 1.  I  " 

This  small  but  important  publication  contains  a  summary  of  the 
doctrines  held  by  the  protestant  people  of  Scotland,  and  is  the 
groundwork  on  which  the  Reformation  of  1560  was  secured.  The 
Confession   was  also   published   in    1561    by    Robert    Lekpreuik,   at 


John  Scot's  Dated  Works.  175 

Edinburgh,  and  by  Rowland  Hall,  at  London.  John  Scot,  in  the 
edition  under  consideration,  has  made  the  singular  mistake  of  sub- 
stituting July  for  August  in  the  colophon — a  mistake  which,  strangely 
enough,  Knox  himself  has  made  in  his  "  Historic,"  and  Calderwood 
and  others  have  propagated. 

There  is  a  copy  of  this  edition  of  the  Confession  in  the  British 
Museum.      Press-mark,  G.  11837. 

1562  Certane  tractatis   for  ]  Reformatioun  of  Doctryne  and  maneris, 

28.  set  I  furth  at  the  desyre,  ad  in  ye  name  of  y  afflic-  |  tit  Catholikis, 
of  inferiour  ordour  of  Cler-  |  gie,  and  layit  men  in  Scotland,  be  | 
Niniane  Win'^et,  ane  Catholike  Preist  ]  borne  in  Renfrew.  | 
C  Ouhilkis  be  name  this  leif  turnit  sail  schaw.  |  Murus  aheneus, 
Sana  conscientia.  |  Edinburgi.   21.   Maij.  |  1562.  | 

Below  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the  Centaur.  The  reverse  of 
the  titlepage  contains  the  heads  of  the  three  parts  into  which  the 
work  is  divided.  It  is  a  quarto  of  thirty-eight  pages,  on  the  last  of 
which  is  the  woodcut  of  the  Transfiguration.  It  has  no  paging  or 
catchwords.  The  signatures  are  [A]  B  C  D4  E3.  Only  the  first 
recto  of  each  sheet  is  signed.  A  full  page  has  thirty-four  lines,  and 
it  is  printed  in  black-letter,  except  latin  quotations  and  marginal 
references,  which  are  in  italics. 

A  copy  of  the  Tractatis  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the 
University  of  Edinburgh.  A  second  copy,  referred  to  by  Bishop 
Keith  in  his  History,  is  now  in  the  library  belonging  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  Bishops  in  Scotland,  and  a  third  is  in  the  library  of  St. 
Mary's  College  at  Blairs. 

1562  The  1  Last   Blast  Of  The  Trompet   Of  |  Godis  vvorde   aganis 

29.  the  vsurpit  auctoritie  of  |  lohne  Knox  and  his  Caluiniane  brether  [ 
intrudit  Precheouris  &c.  |  Put  furth  to  the  Congregatioun   of  the  | 


176  John  Scot's  Dated  Works. 

Protestantis  in  Scotlade,  be  Ni-  |  niane  Win3et,  ane  Catho-  |  lik 
preist  borne  in  |  Renfrew:  |  At  the  desyre  and  in  the  name  of  his 
af-  I  flictit  Catholike  Brether  of  ye  inferiour  |  ordoure  of  Clergie, 
and  laic  men.  |  Vir  impius  procaciter  obfirmat  vultum  suum  :  qui 
autem  |  rectus  est,  corrigit  uiam  suam.  |  Prouerb.  21.  |  Edinburgi 
vltimo  lulij.    1562.  1 

This  is  a  black-letter  quarto,  of  which  only  five  leaves  are  present 
in  the  only  copy  known.  It  has  neither  paging  nor  catchwords,  and 
the  only  signature  found  is  on  recto  of  second  leaf,  where  the  letter 
A  occurs.  The  original  is  in  the  library  of  the  University  of 
Edinburgh. 

Niniane  Winzet,  the  author  of  the  two  last  articles,  was  school- 
master at  Linlithgow,  and  was  among  the  most  able  as  well  as  the 
most  active  of  the  Roman  Catholics  in  Scotland  about  the  period  of 
the  Reformation.  Even  after  the  suppression  of  Popery  in  the 
kingdom,  he  had  the  hardihood  to  publish  in  Edinburgh  several 
works  which  were  exceedingly  distasteful  to  the  feelings  of  the 
reformers.  The  appearance  of  his  "  Certane  Tractatis "  greatly 
enraged  his  opponents,  who,  upon  learning  that  he  had  his  "  Last 
Blast "  in  the  printer's  hand,  took  violent  measures  to  put  an  end  to 
his  proceedings.  As  we  have  already  stated,  the  magistrates  of  the 
city,  with  their  officers,  broke  into  the  printing-house,  arrested  Scot, 
and  put  him  in  prison.  The  sheets  of  the  work  were  seized,  and 
the  printing  materials  confiscated.  But  the  author,  who  seems  to 
have  been  on  the  premises  at  the  time,  and  whose  custody  they 
chiefly  desired,  escaped  in  disguise,  and  ultimately  found  his  way  to 
Flanders.  In  the  following  year  he  published  at  Antwerp  his  "Buke 
of  Four  scoir  three  Ouestionis,"  and  the  translation  of  a  work  by 
Vincent  of  Lerins,  the  title  of  which  we  give  below.*     Winzet  was 

*  Vinccntivs  Lircnensis  of  tlie  natioun  of  (Sallis,  for  the  .Tiitiquilie  ami  vcrilie  of  the  citholik  faytli, 
aganis  ze  prophanc  noualionis  of  all  hercscis.  A  riclit  goldin  Imke  writtin  in  Latin  about  xi.  c.  z.eiris 
passil,  ami  nculic  translatit  in  Scottis  be  Niniane  Winzet,  a  catholik  I'reist.  Anlverpia:  Ex  oflicina 
^gidii  Uiest.     l  Pecemb.  1563. 


John  Scot's  Dated  JTor/cs.  177 

afterwards  made  Abbot  of  the  Scottish  monastery  at  Ratisbon,  where 
he  died  in  1 592  at  the  age  of  seventy-four.  His  works  were  reprinted 
in  one  vokime  for  the  Maitland  Club,  and  presented  to  the  members 
in  1835  '^y  John  Black  Gracie,  W.S.  An  interesting  introduction 
by  David  Laing  is  prefixed  to  the  work. 

How  long  Scot  was  kept  in  confinement,  or  in  what  manner  the 
succeeding  si.x  years  of  his  life  were  passed,  we  are  unable  to  state. 
When  we  next  hear  of  him  he  is  engaged  in  printing  an  edition  of 
the  works  of  Sir  David  Lyndsay  for  Henrie  Charteris,  a  merchant 
in  Edinburgh,  who  shortly  afterwards  took  up  the  trade  of  printing 
on  his  own  account,  and  continued  to  exercise  it  successfully  for 
upwards  of  twenty  years. 

1568  C  The  warkis  of  the  fa-  |  mous  and  vorthie  Knicht  |  Schir  Dauid 

30.  Lyndesay  of  the  Mont,  Alias,  Lyoun  King  |  of  Armes.  Newly 
correctit,  and  vindicate  from  the  |  former  errouris  quhairwith  thay 
war  befoir  cor-  |  ruptit :  and  augmentit  with  sindrie  warkis  |  quhilk 
was  not  befoir  Imprentit.  |  €1  The  contentis  of  the  buke,  and  quhat 
warkis  ar  |  augmentit,  the  nixt  syde  sail  schaw.  |  'i  Viuet  etiam  post 
funera  virtus.  |  lob.  VII.  j  11  Militia  est  vita  hominis  super  terram.  | 

C  Newlie  Imprentit  be  lohne  Scot,  at  the  |  expensis  of  Henrie 
Charteris  :  and  ar  to  be  |  sauld  in  his  Buith,  on  the  north  syde  |  of 
the  gait,  abone  the  Throne.  I  Cvm   Privilegio  Regali.  j  Anno.   Do. 

M.D.LXVIII.   j 

This  work  is  a  quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  pagination 
or  catchwords,  but  with  signatures,  generally  on  first  3  leaves  of  a 
sheet  of  eights.  Only  two  copies  of  this  edition  are  known,  that  in 
the  library  at  Britwell,  and  a  copy  in  the  library  of  Lord  Mostyn  in 
Flintshire.  The  former  is  the  copy  described  by  Herbert,  and 
belonged  to  the  Duke  of  Roxburghe,  at  whose  sale  it  was  purchased 
by  Heber,  and  afterwards  passed  into  Mr.  Miller's  hands. 

Y 


«• 


178  -  John  Scot's  Dated  Works. 

On  the  reverse  of  the  titlepage  we  find,  "The  Contentis  of  this 
bvke  following,  Ane  dialog  betuix  Father  Experience  and  ane 
Courteour,  of  the  Miserabill  estait  of  the  warld  :  deuydit  in  four 
bukis,  or  in  four  Monarcheis.  The  Testament  and  Complaynt  of 
our  Souerane  Lordis  Papingo,  King  lames  the  Fyft.  The  dreme, 
direct  to  our  said  Souerane  Lord,  quhairin  ar  contenit,  The  diuisioun 
of  the  eirth.  The  descriptioun  of  Paradice.  The  descriptioun  of  the 
Realme  of  Scotland.  And  the  Complaint  of  the  Commoun  weill  of 
Scotland.  Ane  exhortatioun  to  the  Kingis  grace.  The  Complaint 
vnto  the  Kingis  grace,  omittit  in  the  Imprentingis  of  Rowen  and 
Londoun.  The  Tragedie  of  Dauid  Betoun  Cardinall,  and  Arche- 
bischop  of  Sanctandrois.  The  deploratioun  ot  the  deith  of  Ouene 
Magdalene.  Ane  answer  to  the  Kingis  flyting,  neuer  befoir  Imprentit. 
The  Complaynt  and  Confessioun  of  Bagsche,  ye  Kingis  auld  houd, 
direct  to  Bawtie  and  his  Compan^eonis.  Ane  supplicatioun  to  the 
Kingis  grace,  in  contemptioun  of  syde  taillis,  and  missellit  facis. 
Kitteis  Confessioun.  The  lusting  betuix  lames  watsone,  and  lohne 
Barbour,  familiar  seruitouris  to  King  lames  the  Fyft." 

The  signatures  are  as  follows  : 1-4,  A  B4  C — F^  G4  H — O^  R^  ; 

A  BS  C  D~F8  G4  H2  I— L^.  +  i  Title,  contents  on  verso,  +ij— Aj 
Preface  to  the  Reader,  Aij — 4  Poetical  Adhortatioun  of  all  Estatis, 
and  Epistil  Nuncupatorie,  Bi — 4=^  The  Prolog,  B  4^' — R  i^  Ane 
Dialog;  at  the  foot  of  R  i''  is  "Finis  |  Ovod  Lyndesay.  |  1568.  | 
R  2  is  wanting,  probably  blank ;  then  commence  a  new  set  of 
signatures.  A — C  6  The  Papyngo,  D — L  8  The  Dreme,  &c.,  H  2  is 
wanting,  probably  blank.     The  head-lines  are  in  small  roman  capitals: 

TllK    FIRST    liVKE   |   OF    THE    MONARCHIE. 

and  the  text  has  an  average  of  29  lines  on  each  page. 

On  A  4'',  at  the  end  of  the  "  Epistel,"  there  is  an  oval  woodcut, 
and  at  the  foot  of  N  8*^  there  occur  the  two  small  vignettes  of  a 
man  with  a  hound,  and  of  a  griffin,  both  of  which  appeared  in  the 


John.  Scot's  Dated  ]Vorks.  179 

edition  without  date  [1554].  Besides  these  there  are  woodcuts  of 
birds  on  the  first  page  of  the  Papyngo,  and  again  the  griffin  at  foot 
of  A  2*'.  The  colophon  on  the  last  page  is  as  follows  : — Newlie  and 
correct-  |  lie  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh,  be  lohne  Scot.  |  At  the  Ex- 
pensis  of  Henrie  Charteris.  And  |  ar  to  be  sauld  in  the  said 
Henries  |  Buith,  on  the  north  syde  |  of  the  gait,  abone  the  |  Throne. 
I  "^W  The  -^eir  of  God  1568.  |  Zeiris.  | 

1571  C  The    warkis    of    the    fa-  {  mous    and    vorthie    Knicht  [  Schir 

31.  Dauid  Lyndesay  of  the  Mont,  Alias,  Lyoun  King  |  of  Armes. 
Newly  correctit,  and  vindicate  from  |  the  former  Errouris  quhairwith 
thay  I  war  befoir  corruptit :  and  aug-  |  mentit  with  sindrie  war-  |  kis 
quhilk  was  not  |  befoir  Im-  (  prentit.  |  €1  The  Contentis  of  the  Bulk, 
and  quhat  warkis  ar  |  augmentit  the  nixt  syde  sail  schaw.  |  *i  Viuet 
etiam  post  funera  virtus.  |  lob.  VII.  |  *i  Militia  est  vita  hominis  super 
terram.  | 

C  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  lohne  Scot  |  At  the  Expensis 
of  Henrie  Charteris  :  and  ar  to  be  |  sauld  in  his  Buith,  on  the  North 
syde  of  |  the  Gait  abone  the  Throne.  |  i^  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 
Anno.  Do.  m.d.lxxi.  | 

Quarto,  black-letter.  Without  pagination  or  catchwords,  but 
with  signatures.  A  full  page  has  29  lines.  This  edition,  with  the 
exception  of  certain  differences  in  the  collation  and  woodcuts  to  be 
noticed  presently,  is  a  literal  reprint  of  that  of  1568,  even  retaining 
the  phrase  "  neuer  befoir  Imprentit"  in  the  contents. 

The  collation  is  the  same  as  in  the  edition  of  1 568,  but  in  place 
of  signatures  4-  and  A  of  four  leaves  each,  there  is  one  sheet  signed 
A  of  eight  leaves.  There  are  only  two  copies  of  this  edition  known 
to  us,  and  they  differ  from  each  other  in  one  respect. 

At  the  foot  of  A  8^  at  the  end  of  the  Epistill,  there  occurs  the 
woodcut  of  the  heads   of  a    man    and  a  woman,    which    we   shall 


I  So  John  Scot's  Dated  Works. 

afterwards  find  on  the  titlepage  of  "  Rauf  coil^ear,"  printed  by 
Lekpreuik  In  1572.  In  reference  to  this  particular  woodcut,  it  is 
proper  to  remark  that  it  is  originally  found  in  a  French  work  on 
Chiromancy,  printed  at  Lyons  by  Jean  de  Tournes  in  1549.  In  the 
fourth  chapter,  which  treats  of  "the  judgement  of  the  Nose,"  there 
are  a  number  of  profiles,  among  which  are  the  two  faces  referred  to. 
This  woodcut  is  found  only  in  the  Bodleian  copy,  amongst  Bishop 
Tanner's  books.  No.  187.  This  copy  is  imperfect  at  the  end,  breaking 
off  with  signature  L  3,  or  the  first  leaf  of  Kittie's  Confessioun. 

The  other  copy  known  is  in  the  Library  of  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  and,  like  the  Bodleian  copy,  is  also  imperfect.  It  wants 
the  title  and  three  leaves,  besides  signature  L  at  the  end.  Mr. 
Henry  Bradshaw  detected  the  difference  in  the  woodcut  at  the  end 
of  the  Epistill  in  these  two  copies.  In  place  of  the  woodcut  of  two 
heads,  the  St.  John's  copy  has  a  circular  ornament  same  as  that 
found  in  the  edition  of  1568.  This  copy  is  one  of  Thomas  Baker's 
books — press-mark  AA.2.23.  In  both  copies,  at  the  end  of  the 
Dialog,  on  sig.  R  i ,  there  is  : — ^^  Finis  "^1  |  Qvod  Lyndesay.  | 
1569-  I 


9 


2Bnd  Jmp^etifit  at  c^e  Conman^ 

MACHABEV5, 


Tiilepage  of  Lyndsay's  Monarchy,  1st  Edition  [I5S4\. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

JOHN    SCOT'S     UNDATED     WORKS. 

A  N  E  Dialog  ...  be  Schir  Dauid  Lyndesay,  as  in  the  accom- 
panying  facsimile. 
This  is  the  titlepage  of  the  first  edition  of  Lyndsay's  Monarchy, 
and  the  work  is  a  quarto  of  ii6  leaves,  having  the  sheets  arranged 
thus : — A  B4  C — F^  G4  H — O^  R^.  There  is  no  paging  or 
catchwords,  but  the  sheets  are  signed  on  the  first,  second,  and 
third  leaves  of  the  sheets  in  eights  (l,i.,  I,ii.,  I.iii.),  and  on  the 
first  leaf  only  of  sheets  in  fours.  The  text  is  in  black-letter, 
twenty-nine  lines  to  a  full  page.  The  running  titles  are  in  ronian 
capitals.  The  contractions  "  E.xpe "  and  "Cour"  are  in  small 
roman  type,  on  the  outer  margins  of  the  leaves.  The  first  line 
of  the  headings  of  the  different  parts  of  the  work  are  in  the 
largest-sized  black-letter ;  but  the  succeeding  lines,  if  any,  and 
the  marginal  references,  are  in  smaller  black-letter  than  the  text. 
The  first  leaf  was  probably  blank,  and  is  not  found  in  any  of  the 
copies  which  we  have  seen. 

On  the  back  of  the  title  begins  "The  Epistil "  to  the  reader, 
which  ends  on  the  middle  of  the  reverse  of  the  third  leaf.  Occupying 
the  place  of  a  six-line  florid  initial,  we  find  at  the  commencement  of 
the  Epistil  a  small  woodcut  representing  a  man  with  a  club,  and  a 


1 84 


John  Scof s   Undated  ]]'orks. 


THE  EFISTli* 


^(f^Oi^  Melted  t^aeel^^anoiiGitiutentfi; 

hound  or  deer  in  front  of  him.  "  The  Prologe  "  extends  from  the 
recto  of  B  i  to  the  recto  of  B  4  ;  and  the  four  Bvkes  of  the 
composition  occupy  the  remainder  of  the  volume,  ending  on  the 
verso  of  Ri  with  "Finis,  j  Quod  Lyndesay,  |  .1552.  |  ,"  as  represented 
in    the    accompanying    illustration.       R  2    is   wanting   in   all    copies, 

litrnTpe^  me^ome,  W^  ^ert  fi^cbpng  fun  foie 
3n(»  cutettt  in  m  Qup^^  ^iMm 
3  tufee  paper,  atiD  tdate  began  to  lt$ap& 
wm  ^treciC)  a0  $e  Ijatie  ijam  af o;e 
ailgcntpH!RcDai;fs,ljEttlPc3f3lJnplo;e 
4f  0?  t^W  ewMfcnip  ttttaU  tube  Inopte 
C^ouc^t  )&baterei0>  tupU  Ijauc  at  me  tarpi^^e 
i^u^tlftis  team  not  2»at>t^ate  ceaf^iHU0  tost  &tut» 
Eatt  <^oo  i»  Juge,  ant)  fo  31  mali:  ane  eno> 

♦  FINIS*  •» 


%3  efteu  jfoioi»f0. 
an^  ^cpenfm  of  ^octQl 

jNACHABEVS* 

3(ttCopmaR^oofti» 

Titlepa^e  of  Lync/say's  Monarchy,  2nd  Edition  [1559], 


John  Scot's   l^iidatcd   Works.  187 

and  was  probably  blank.      At  the  end  of  the  third  bukc,   reverse  of 
N  8,  is  Scot's  device  of  Hercules  and -the  Centaur. 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition  in  the  British  Museum  (press- 
mark C.  39.  d.  59),  Bodleian,  Edinburgh  University,  and  Britwell 
libraries.  The  Britwell  copy  was  bought  by  Mr.  Inglis  out  of  the 
Bibliotheca  Anglo  Poetica,  having  been  formerly  Mr.  Hill's,  and  is 
referred  to  by  Mr.  George  Chalmers  in  his  preliminary  dissertation. 
It  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Heber  at  Inglis's  sale  in  1826,  and  at  the 
dispersion  of  Mr.  Heber's  library  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Miller  of 
Craigentinny,  and  is  now  at  Britwell.  It  is  a  fine  tall  copy,  with 
several  of  the  leaves  rough. 

The  Bodleian  copy — Art.  40.  L.  7. — was  completed  from  Tanner 
810,  and  has  a  short  leaf  at  the  beginning,  which  we  take  to  be  A  i 
cut  out. 

OS59]  ■''^"G  Dialog  ...    be  Schir  Dauid  Lyndesay,  as  in  the  facsimile. 

33.    Quarto.     Without  pagination. 

To  the  end  of  the  Monarchy,  verso  of  R  i,  this,  the  second 
edition  of  Scot's,  is  a  paginary  reprint  of  his  first  edition.  Yet 
every  page,  indeed  almost  every  line,  displays  some  point  of 
difference.  The  titlepage  is,  of  course,  sufficiently  distinguishing, 
from  the  caution  which  it  contains,  that  "  thare  is  bukis  imprentit  in 
France,  of  twa  sortis  the  quhilkis  ar  verray  fals  as  it  is  knawin,  & 
wantis  mekle  that  this  Buke  hes  for  this  is  luste  and  trew,  and  nane 
bot  this  Buke.  be  war  with  thame  for  thay  wyll  dissaue  30W."  The 
arrangement  of  the  first  thirteen  lines  of  the  title,  ending  "In 
Copmanhouin,"  is  the  same,  although  several  of  the  words  are 
differently  spelt :  thus  we  find  Conmand  and  Machabevs  in  the  first 
edition,  and  Conunand  and  Nachabevs  in  the  second.  The  more 
important  differences  in  other  parts  of  the  work  are  the  following : — 
In  the  second  edition   "The  Epistil  "  to  the  reader  begins  with  a 


1 88  John  Scofs   Undated  Works. 

plain  four-line  roman  capital  T,  instead  of  the  small  woodcut  as  in 
^^  THEBFISTIti 

wr'7H0  V  ipcic  quatc,  of  mafec  mfft  racpfi 

■     rcnuceanDgccneppRrpuctfiD  $qul)it 
,».~v  <^oDflM'at!nc,^aitrtotDriectabpil 
iBo;3(t  tpUamo;ous  folft^s  am^abpU 
Co  ceiD  ot?tl)c,  t!;ap  topll  Ij4i«  no  cri  yte 
watlDli^pcpIe^toHlljatwattOe  Difpptc 
€JtiIj«UfpFit^est&aref)3ct.anD  fjole  sn^enHff 
fiJti.feuruall  mac,  on  Dfgmtic  aiiD  i&c  ntia. 

the  first  edition.  At  the  end  of  the  Third  Buke,  verso  of  N  8,  are 
the  initials  of  the  printer — I.  S. — in  the  largest  black-letter,  in  place 
of  his  device  as  in  the  first  edition.  On  the  last  page  of  the 
Monarchy,  reverse  of  R  i,  we  have  "Quod  Lyndesaye,  1552."  the 

wm  ^il^era05^daae|)a£t^dfoae 
2Illg?tifpUKcOai/(0,^attl^3l  3mpIoie 
ftsi  tptl  ejccufc,  tttpt  U!^)l  tuor  JnOpte 
C^ocbt  ^(mtefefff,  lopn  fraue  at  meoittti^tt 
£la^t$  ioaiu  not  g  tj^cecraftfoeff  foeo  ftctist^ 


m^^ 


^ti^ilh  l^it^  t9ithom\W,  am  nmp  not 
iitio  CjjUcmccp  man  Ijaue  IjaiD  qwfint 

•^aid  $Dto  el^at  ^e  tun  out  of  pame* 
of  llicm^ 


A|q3ppofg3|^ati  f tigpnc  3n8dicdll< 


f/rs<  Page  of  Lyndsay's  Papyngo  [1559]. 


Jo  Jin  Scot's   Undated  Works. 


191 


name  having  a  jfinal  e,  which  is  not  present  in  the  first  edition.  The 
date  here  affixed  in  both  editions  refers  to  the  year  in  which  the 
composition  was  completed,  and  not  to  the  time  of  printing.  We 
may  note  that  while  in  the  first  edition  the  Monarche  in  the  running 
title  is  invariably  printed  so,  in  the  second  edition  it  is  frequently 
MoNARCE.     Signature  R  2  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 

Although  the  title  of  this  second  edition  does  not  lead  us  to 
expect  that  it  contains  more  than  the  Monarchy,  yet  there  are 
added  several  of  Lyndsay's  minor  compositions,  viz.: — (i)  Heir 
foUouis  the  Tragedie,  &c.,  as  in  the  facsimile. 


*im?^ 


CtageDJCy  of  t^e  lamqu&ple  matcr  «e<ieteiit)  f  a 

tftet  ©aiiiO  be  tue  isqctcp  of  iBeo.  CatOfnaU,  ano  atf  t)(= 

bpfcl>opfofjg>aticfatiDiou».    .ec.       cJ-eompplittij 

j$)C^tt  SOcmo  JlFUdefD?  of  tl;e  ^otit  bitii^of  acmes. 


Below  the  title  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the  Centaur,  and  two 
verses  of  The  Prolog  complete  the  page.  The  entire  piece  occupies 
a  sheet  of  eight  leaves,  and  is  signed  S. 

(2)  Heir  follouis  the  Testament  ...  of  our  Souerane  Lordis 
Papyngo,  as  in  the  facsimile  opposite. 

Below  this  title  is  a  rude  engraving  of  a  parrot  and  another  bird 
facing  each  other  in  a  wood.      Two  lines  of  the  first  ver.se  of  the 


192  John  Scot's   Undated  Works. 

composition  follow,  and  the  poem  occupies  in  all  twenty-four  leaves, 
on  the  verso  of  the  last  of  which  the  woodcut  of  the  birds  is 
repeated.  With  this  piece  a  new  set  of  signatures  is  used,  running 
from  A  to  C  in  eights,  the  letters  A  B  and  C  being  Lombardic  capitals. 

On  the  first  page  of  signature  D  a  new  composition  begins — (3) 
Heir  follouis  the  Dreme,  of  Schir  Dauid  Lyndesay  of  the  moot, 
F"amiliar  Seruitour,  to  our  Souerane  Lord  Kyng  lames  the  Fyft.  &c. 

Below  this  title  is  the  cut  of  Hercules  and  the  Centaur,  and  the 
first  two  stanzas  of  The  Epistil.  The  Dreme  ends  on  the  verso  of 
F  5,  on  which  also  begins  :— (4)  "  the  Exhortatioun  to  the  Kyngis 
Grace,"  and  ends  on  the  verso 'of  F  7.  On  the  same  page — ^(5) 
"  Heir  beginnis  the  |  Complaynt  of  Schir  Dauid  Lindesay  |  ,"  which 
ends  on  the  verso  of  G  8,  by  "  Quod  Lindesay  to  Kyng."  The  rest 
of  the  page  is  occupied  by  a  remarkable  species  of  advertisement 
and  caution,  wherein  the  printer  repeats,  in  stronger  terms,  the 
severe  censure  which — on  the  titlepage  of  the  Monarchy — he  passes 
upon  the  French  editions.      It  is  thus  expressed  and  printed  : — 

C9t  qtilMlbisarlieviap  ^0.1lttr 

_     ^        nii8tooao(0» 

CCo  Conclude  tiE^s0^urdl0,  aim  tasoi 

ttf  mtbtet^atmsfrabr^dB  map  be 

Cnte^  qoba  IpOt  tpU  Into  t^atue  boft^ 

outf.ci^praUfptibrapfapntQift 

Dolapp;eueanbre,t^aii 


IftjTHEEPISTIL. 

R^t!jf  Potent  |^;u]ce,  of  l)(e  ;|mperfal  bliitJe 
i^to  t^v  gcace,  J  scaiQ  tt  be  ^lU  ^natuti? 
!S^l»fttiir«t)one,  onto  t^p  CelfituDe 
fiHiiidfe  neois  nofl)t,  at  Icnt&foj  to  &c  fc^fem 
^ti9  tto^^t  ni|>  3otit^cD  notD  b^  ne(t  oust;  bJatmjl 
C|;«tftmfci;tirce,oft!jpn«  <fi;c«Uence 
l^ope  ^  me  ^rc^t,  one  iuWtttcompmm 

£ivifiin  t|jo&  toeg  ^owttg,  3I  bute  f  in  jiipne  firm? 
f  oUtendft;Ite,  t^ll  t^ob)  begotit!^  to  gang 
9tiD  in  tt)p  beo^  oft  ^appit  tit  fu!l  tsaruK 
lODttl^  Iot(  in  l}am,  rpne  IbettUe  to  ti)t  fangp 
^tMn^me  moanftng,  feitalteji  Sang 
luD  ftrnitpmeplarano  fatrris  on  t\)i  time 
9&0  iwmim  on  m^  ne  o^icc^  taHbano  cuia 


f//-s^  Page  of  Lyndsay's  Dreme  [1559]. 


A  A 


John  Scot's   Undated  Works.  195 

It  is  very  evident  that — while  Scot  would  have  his  readers  believe 
that  he  had  nothing  more  than  their  interest  at  heart — the  manner  in 
which  he  expresses  his  contempt  for  these  French  editions  betrays  a 
jealous  dread  of  them.  He  no  doubt  felt  sore  that  these  editions 
had  the  start  of  his  own  collection  of  Lyndsay's  minor  pieces  ;  and, 
but  for  the  appearance  of  these  foreign  issues,  it  is  doubtful  if  Scot 
would  have  been  in  such  haste  with  his  edition.  The  French 
editions,  to  which  he  directs  such  marked  attention,  were  an  octavo 
and  quarto,  both  bearing  to  have  been  "  Imprentit  at  the  command, 
and  expenses  of  Maister  Samuel  Jascuy,  In  Paris,  1558."  Both 
editions  have  four  distinct  titlepages,  that  in  octavo  displaying  a 
woodcut  device  of  Venus  holding  a  vase  with  fruits  in  one  hand, 
and  a  bunch  of  tall  leaves  in  the  other.  On  her  left  side  is  a  sort  of 
narrow  frame,  or  compartment,  on  which  are  the  letters  I.  P.  This 
device  is  none  other  than  that  of  Jehan  Petit,  a  printer  in  Rouen, 
although  most  of  the  letters  of  his  surname  have  been  erased.  The 
quarto  edition  has  a  woodcut  of  the  Lyon  King  on  the  titlepage. 
It  is  just  possible  that  the  colophon,  "  Samuel  Jascuy  in  Paris,"  was 
used  to  deceive  the  public  ;  but  Scot  and  Charteris  seem  to  have 
been  aware  that  these  French  editions  were  not  printed  in  Paris,  for 
in  their  edition  of  1568  they  refer  particularly  to  the  "  imprentingis 
of  Rowen  and  Londoun." 

"  The  Tragedie  of  the  Cardinall "  is  supposed  to  have  been 
printed  by  Scot  before  1551,  although  no  copy  is  known  ;  and  it  is 
warrantably  conjectured  that  it  was  in  reference  to  its  publication  that 
the  Act  Anent  Prentaris  was  passed  by  the  Parliament  of  that  year. 

"  The  Complaynt  of  the  Papingo "  was  printed  by  Bydell  in 
London  as  early  as  1538.  Whether  Scot's  impression  of  1559  was 
the  first  he  executed  is  doubtful  ;  indeed,  it  is  more  than  likely  that 
he  had  thrown  off  several  of  Lyndsay's  minor  pieces  as  distinct  and 
separate  publications,  at  a  much  earlier  date. 


196  John  Scot's   Undated  Works. 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition  of  Lyndsay's  Poems  in  the 
Bodleian,  British  Museum  (minor  pieces  only),  Britwell,  Lambeth 
Library,  and  the  Cathedral  Library  at  York. 

[1559]  [Ane  GJodlie  exhorta-  |  [tioun  maid  a]nd  sett  furth  be  the  maist 

34.  Reuerende  |  [Father  in  God]  Johane  Archibischope  of  Sanctandrous. 
I  [Primate  of]  Scotland,  Legat,  &c.  With  the  auyse  of  [  [the 
Prouin]ciale  counsale,  haldin  at  Edinburgh  the  |  [secund  da]y  of 
Marche,  the  jeir  of  God  ane  thousand  |  [fyve]  hundreth  fifty  aucht 
■^eiris,  to  all  Vicaris,  j  [Cu]ratis,  &  vtheris  consecrate  Preistis  lauch-  | 
[full]  Ministers  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Al-  |  [tar]e  to  be  red  and 
schawin  be  thame  to  the  |  Christiane  peple,  quhen  ony  ar  to  resaue  | 
the  said  Blyssit  Sacrament.  &c.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Reginali.  | 

This  is  the  heading  or  title  of  a  black-letter  tract  of  only  two 
leaves,  or  four  pages,  quarto,  on  the  last  of  which  is  this  singular 
charge  "  to  the  C[lergye.]  Ye  Vicaris,  [Cvratis,  and  vthe]ris  Preistis, 
th[at  are  employit  in  the]  ministrati[oun  of  the  blyssit  Sacra]ment  of 
the  [Altare,  witt  ^e  that  the]  Prouincia[le  Counsale  straitlye  char]gis 
^ow,  that  [^e  minister  the  blyssit  Sa[crament  mair  Godlie,  mair 
honestlie,  and  with  [gre-]tare  reuerence,  than  -^e  war  wount  to  do, 
thole  nocht  -^our  Parrochianaris  to  cum  to  this  Blyssit  Sacrament 
misordourlie.  But  put  thame  in  ordour  be  -^our  ministeris  before 
the  Altare,  and  requyre  thame  to  heir  ^ow  reid  the  afore  wryttin 
exhortatioun  without  Noysse,  or  Din,  and  to  sit  styll  swa  in 
Deuotioun,  with  deuote  hert  and  mynde,  quhill  thay  be  ordourlie 
seruit,  of  the  saide  Blyssit  Sacrament,  &c." 

This  little  sheet  was  spoken  of,  perhaps  derisively,  about  the  time 
of  the  reformation,  as  "  The  Twa-Penny  Faith,"  but  the  name  may 
have  arisen  from  the  price  at  which  it  was  originally  sold.  "  The 
types  clearly  indicate  that  it  came  from  the  press  of  John  Scot.  .  .  . 
Even  as  a  typographical  curiosity  it  was  worth  preserving ;  but  its 


John  Scot's   Undated  Works.  197 

interest  is  much  enhanced  when  we  consider  that  it  exhibits  one  of 
the  well-meant  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  Provincial  Council  to 
stimulate  the  Roman  Catholic  clergy  of  the  time  to  a  more  faithful 
and  consistent  discharge  of  their  duties,  and  to  check  the  progress 
of  the  reformed  opinions  at  this  critical  period." 

Of  this  tract  only  one  copy  is  known  to  exist,  and  it  has  been 
reprinted  in  the  third  volume  of  the  "  Bannatyne  Miscellany," 
prefaced  by  an  introduction  from  the  pen  of  fJr.  David  Laing,  some 
of  whose  remarks  we  have  just  quoted.  The  original  is  partially 
mutilated  ;  the  deficiencies  have  been  supplied  by  the  words  enclosed 
within  brackets. 

There  is  neither  paging,  signature,  catchwords,  name  of  place, 
printer,  or  date  attached  to  this  unique  tract. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


ROBERT    LEKPREUIK. 


T  ^  TE  have  never  been  able  to  understand  on  what  grounds  good 
'  '  old  Principal  Lee  (the  Archdeacon  Meadow  of  "  The  Book 
Hunter")  designated  Lekpreuik  an  Englishman.*  It  was  surely 
hard  enough  to  find  Chalmers,  Beloe,  and  others,  attempting  to  make 
out  that  John  Scot  was  not  a  Scotsman  ;  but  it  is  more  galling  to 
our  national  feelings  to  find  the  venerable  doctor  regarding  Lekpreuik 
as  an  Englishman.  Scot  and  Lekpreuik  were  contemporaries,  and 
for  many  years  the  only  typographers,  apparently,  in  Scotland,  and 
we  claim  both  of  them  as  our  fellow-countrymen.  Lekpreuik  was 
not  an  uncommon  name  in  those  days,  and  took  its  origin  from  a 
place  in  Renfrewshire  ;  and,  last  century,  there  lived  in  Ayrshire  a 
bard  of  that  surname  to  whom  Burns  indited  one  or  two  of  his 
poetical  epistles.  The  name  was  variously  spelt,  and  our  printer 
was  not  particular  as  to  its  orthography.  But,  although  it  was 
usually  spelt  with  two  /''s,  the  first  was  probably  never  pronounced, 
and  the  word  would  sound  like  Leprek  or  Laypraik. 

Scot,  as  we  have  seen,  was  credited  by  some  writers  with  a 
tyi>ographicaI  career  of  half  a  century ;  and  Lekpreuik,  in  like 
manner,  is  not  without  a  supporter  who  would  attribute  to  him  an 

*  Memorial  foi-  flic  Bible  Socit-liis  in  Sio/laiii/,  note,  p.   183. 


Robert  Lekpreuik.  199 

equally  lengthened  professional  experience.  Pitcairn  records  that  on 
the  8th  of  August,  1532,  "Robert  Lekprcvik  Banished,  by  Warrant 
of  the  King,  furth  of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland.  He  was  sworn,  in 
Judgement,  to  remove  within  xl  day.s,  under  pain  of  death."*  Mr. 
Pitcairn,  commenting  upon  this,  thinks  that  this  is  probably  the 
Scottish  printer,  whose  crime  was  likely  that  of  printing  and  selling 
heretical  books.     We  have  no  proof  of  this  identity  whatever. 

Lekpreuik  may  have  learnt  his  art  with  Scot,  or  even  with 
Davidson,  but,  whether  or  not,  we  have  no  information  regarding 
him  until  1561,  when  he  comes  before  us  as  a  printer  on  his  own 
account.  As  we  have  seen,  Scot  obtained  possession  of  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  the  types  which  were  used  by  Davidson,  but 
the  large  cut  of  the  royal  arms,  which  appears  on  the  titlepages  of 
the  "New  Actis  of  lames  the  Fift  "  and  "The  Croniklis  of  Scotland," 
undoubtedly  fell  into  Lekpreuik's  hands,  for  he  uses  it  on  more  than 
one  occasion. 

Either  from  religious  conviction,  or  from  selfish  policy,  Lekpreuik 
was  of  the  reformed  party,  and  one  of  his  earliest  typographical 
efforts,  "  The  Confession  of  Faith,"  1561,  was  probably  brought  out 
under  the  direction  of  the  leaders  of  the  reformed  church.  He 
speedily  became  favourably  known  to  this  powerful  party,  who  did 
much  to  forward  his  interests.  In  the  General  Assembly,  convened 
at  Edinburgh  in  December,  1562,  "for  printing  of  the  psalms,  the 
kirk  lent  Rob.  Lickprivick,  printer,  twa  hundreth  pounds,  to  help  to 
buy  irons,  ink,  and  papper,  and  to  fie  craftesmen  for  printing"  ;  and 
the  same  body,  in  1569-70,  in  supporting  a  petition  from  him, 
"having  respect  for  his  povertie,  the  great  expensses  he  hes  made  in 
buying  printing  yrnes,  and  the  great  zeale  and  love  he  beares  to 
serve  the  Kirk,  at  all  tymes,  hes  assignit  to  him  fiftie  punds,  to  be 
yearlie  payit  out  of  the  thrids  of  the  Kirk,  be  the  collectours  under- 

*  Criminal   Trials,   Kohert  Pi/cairn,  vol.   i.,  p.   "ijS. 


200  Robert  Lekpreuik. 

wryttin,  viz.  the   Collectour  of  Lowthiane,  x  lb.    the   Collectour  of 
Fyfe  X  lb.  the  Collectour  of  Angus,  x  lb."* 

Lekpreuik  relied  too  much  upon  the  heads  of  the  church,  or 
expected  too  much  from  them.  He  oftentimes  implored  their  help, 
as  he  himself  informs  us  in  his  Epistle  to  the  Reader  of  "The 
Confutatione  of  the  Abbot  of  Crossraguels  masse."  which  he  printed 
in  1563.  "As  I  have  at  all  tymes  bene  ready  to  employe  and 
bestowe  my  laboures,  to  the  auancement  of  the  glorie  of  God,  and 
utilitie  of  his  church,  as  the  bruite  rysing  of  this,  that  I  now  present 
unto  thee  good  reader,  confutation  of  the  abbote  of  crosraguels 
masse,  I  was  most  diligent,  and  trauelled  moste  earnestly  with  the 
author  of  it,  that  it  might  come  to  light.  Hard  it  was  unto  me, 
amongst  many  others,  to  obtean  it  from  him,  a  man  shamefast  of  his 
owen  nature,  yet  by  the  inopportune  and  continuall  sute  of  the 
church,  and  freindes,  being  mollified  and  moved  to  yealde  and 
remitte  some  what  of  his  will,  in  end  oppened  up  his  mynde,  that  he 
hathe  onely  written  this  by  manner  of  declamation,  and  so  hath 
used  some  Greik  wordes,  as  expressing  the  mater  moste  lively  and 
sensiblie,  which  wordes  I  had  no  carrecters  to  expres.  This  moued 
me  somewhat  at  the  beginning,  yet  finding  them  feu  in  nomber,  and 
so  serving  in  the  mater,  as  I  could  not  well  suffer  them  to  be  taken 
away,  yea,  and  no  impediment  to  the  unlearned,  the  sentence  being 
moste  plaine,  I  could  not  thole  the  learned  to  be  frauded  of  so  great 
a  help,  and  so  undertake  the  mater,  wherin  I  have  used  the  help  of 
a  moste  excellent  young  man,  well  exercised  in  the  tongue,  yet  the 
traveil  being  wearisome  in  the  hait  of  his  occupations,  the  ordour 
and  reule  by  him  laid,  1  was  driven,  and  content  to  borrow  the 
laboure  of  some  scollers,  whom  1  judged  to  be  moste  experte,  whom 
unto  it  muste  be  imputed,  if  ether  faut  be  in  lacking  of  a  letter,  or 
otherwayes  in  accent,  and  other  such  accidents.      This  I   speak  not 

"*  Jiooke  of  tht-   L'liivi'fsal  Kitkc  of  Sioflanii^  p.   /(h/. 


'  Robert  LckpTeuik.  201 

but  to  the  praise  of  the  great  good  will  of  the  children,  who  are 
ready  and  willing  to  gratifie  the  church  of  God  ;  but  to  vindicate 
the  name  of  the  authors  from  all  calumnie  of  blasphemas  and  wicked 
tongues.  If  I  should  have  such  help  of  the  church,  as  I  have 
oftentymes  implored,  then  should  not  the  ingynes  and  labours  of 
the  learned  in  this  countrie  be  retarded  by  any  such  impediment, 
yea,  and  I  will  promis  further,  we  should  not  be  troubled  to  send 
here  and  there,  abounding  in  all  things  necessarie  within  ourselves  : 
and  so  fare  thou  weill  in  the  Lord  Jesus.  At  our  buith,  the  penult 
of  July  1563." 

In  1564-5  he  obtained  a  letter,  under  the  Privy  Seal,  authorising 
him  to  print  the  Acts  of  Queen  Mary  and  her  predecessor's  parlia- 
ments, and  also  the  Psalms  of  David  in  Scottish  metre.  And  in 
1567-8  he  was  constituted  King's  Printer  for  the  space  of  twenty 
years,  during  which  time  he  had  a  monopoly  of  "  the  buikis  callit 
Donatus  pro  pueris,  Rudimentis  of  Pelisso,  The  actis  of  parliamentis, 
The  croniklis  of  this  realme,  The  buik  callit  Regia  Majestas,  The 
psalmes  of  David  with  the  inglis  and  latine  catechismes  les  and 
mair.  The  buik  callit  the  Omeleyis  for  reidaris  in  kirkis,  Togidder 
with  the  grammer  to  be  set  furth  callit  the  generall  grammer  to  be 
usit  within  scolis  of  this  realme  for  eruditioun  of  the  youth,"  and  a 
fine  of  ;^200  is  to  be  imposed  upon  contraveners  of  this  licence,  one 
half  of  which  sum  to  be  given  for  "  our  soveranes  use  and  the  uther 
half  to  the  said  Robertis  use  frelie  quietlie  &c."* 

*  Licence  to  Robert  Lekpreuik,   Imprenlar  in  Kclinlnirgh,  Jan.   14,   1567. 

Ane  Letter  maid  with  awise  and  consent  of  my  Lord  Regent  niakand  mentioun  That  thai  under- 
standing that  it  is  not  onlie  neidfidl  in  commoun  welthis  to  have  the  commoun  lawis  quhilkis  ar  the 
rule  of  the  subjectis  in  civile  thingis  imprenlit  alsweile  for  the  commoditie  of  this  present  aige  as  of  the 
posteritie  to  cum  Hot  alsua  all  sic  godlie  werkis  and  volumis  as  tendis  to  the  glorie  of  God  Thairfore 
Licencand  and  gevand  to  Robert  Lekprevik  Imprentar  in  Edinlnirgh  privilege  and  full  powir  to  imprent 
all  and  quhatsumever  actis  workis  volumes  and  utheris  necessaris  alsweile  in  latine  as  in  inglische  for 
the  Weill  and  commoditie  of  this  realme  and  liegis  thairof  And  als  all  sic  thingis  as  tendis  to  the  glorie 
of  God  Induring  all  the  space  and  termes  of  tuenty  zeiris  nixt  following  the  date  heirof  Chairgeing  all 
and  sindrie  Imprentaris  writtaris  and  utheris  liegis  within  this  realme  That  thai  nor  nane  of  thaime 
tak  upon  hand  to  imprent  or  caus  be  imprentit  be  t[uhatsunievir  persoun  or  personis  outhir  within  this 
realme  or  outwith  the  samyn  in  ony  tyme  heireftir  during  the  said  space  the  workis  volumes  and  buikis 
underwrittin  or  caus  bring  hither  the  same  out  of  uthir  cuntreis  except  onlie  the  said  Robert  Lekprevik 

B  B 


202  Robert  Lekpreuik. 

Three  months  after  being  appointed  the  King's  Printer,  Lekpreuik 
received  a  special  licence  to  print  the  "  Inglis  Bibill,"  after  the 
Geneva  version,  for  twenty  years  to  come.  All  others  are  prohibited 
from  printing  the  same  during  the  period  named,  under  a  penalty  of 
confiscation  of  all  the  copies,  and  a  fine  of  ;^200  money  of  the 
realme.  But  Lekpreuik  never  undertook  the  printing  of  the  Bible, 
for  the  reason,  we  fancy,  that  he  had  not  the  command  of  sufficient 
capital  nor  the  appliances  necessary.  No  doubt  the  church  would 
have  been  willing  to  aid  him  so  far,  but  not  to  the  extent  required.* 

We  find  from  the  records  of  the  Town  Council  of  Edinburgh 

that  on  2nd  June,  1570,  Nicol  Fylder  became  cautioner  for  Robert 

Lekpreuik,  printer,  under  the  pain  of  one  hundred  merks  : — 

Villa,  Lakpre-       2    June    1570.       In   presens   of    the   baillies  and 

vik,  prentar.         counsale,   Nichole   Fyldour  is   becumin   cautioun 

and  souertie  for   Robert   Lakprevik,   prentar,  vnder  the  pane  of  j= 

quha  salbe  nominal  during  the  said  space  our  Soverane  Lordis  Imprentar  That  is  to  say  the  bukis  callit 
Donatus  pro  pueris  Rudimentis  of  Pelisso  The  actis  of  parliamentis  maid  or  to  be  maid  (except  the 
actis  of  his  hienes  last  parliament)  The  croniklis  of  this  realme  The  buik  callit  Regia  Majestas  The 
psalmes  of  David  with  the  inglis  and  latine  catechismes  les  and  mair  The  buik  callit  the  Omeleyis  for 
reidaris  in  kirkis  Togidder  with  the  grammer  to  be  set  furlh  callit  the  gencrall  grammer  to  be  usit 
within  scolis  of  this  realme  for  eruditioun  of  the  youth  And  that  under  the  panis  of  confiscatioun  of 
the  same  workis  and  buikis  that  salhapj^in  to  be  imprentit  and  payment  of  the  sowme  of  twa  hundreth 
pundis  money  of  this  realme  With  command  and  charge  to  all  and  sindrie  provestis  baillies  and  officiaris 
of  his  hienes  burrowis  to  serche  and  seik  the  contravcnaris  heirof  and  cause  thir  presentis  to  be  put  to 
dew  executioun  conforme  to  the  tennor  thairof  in  all  pointis  during  the  space  foirsaid  And  be  thir 
presentis  Our  said  Soverane  with  advice  and  consent  foirsaid  Ratifeis  and  appvevis  the  gift  geven  and 
grantit  be  his  umquhile  derrest  fader  and  hienes  moder  under  thair  prive  seill  to  the  said  Robert  for 
Imprcnting  of  the  Actis  of  Parliament  and  psalmes  ellis  imprentit  be  him  conforme  to  the  tennour  of 
the  samin  in  all  pointis  of  the  dait  the  viij  day  of  februar  The  zeir  of  God  W  vc  Ixv  zeiris  And  gif  ony 
of  our  said  Soveranis  liegis  tak  upoun  hand  to  imprcnt  within  this  realme,  or  cause  be  imprentit  outwith 
the  samin  ony  of  the  foirsaidis  workis  volumes  and  buikis  specialle  abone  expressit  except  onlie  the 
said  Robert  during  the  said  space  Ordains  the  samin  to  be  confiscat  and  becum  under  cschete  and  the 
persone  contravenand  the  samin  to  pay  the  said  sowme  of  twa  hundreth  pundis  money  foirsaid  That 
is  to  say  The  anc  half  to  our  soveranes  use  and  the  uther  half  to  the  said  Kobertis  use  frelie  quietlie  &c 
Hut  ony  revocatioun  &c.     At  Edinburgh  the  xiiij  day  of  Januare  The  zeir  of  God  M  vi;  Ixvii  zeiris 

Per  Signaturam 

*  Licence  to  Lekpreuik  to  Print  the  Ingliss  P.ibill,  K\m\   14,   1568. 

Ane  Letter  maid  with  awise  of  my  Lord  Regent  To  Robert  Lekprevik  our  Soverane  Lordis 
imprentare  Givand  grantand  and  commitland  to  him  full  licence  privelege  and  power  To  imprent  all 
and  haill  ane  buke  callit  the  Ingliss  bybill  imprentit  of  liefore  at  Geneva  And  that  continuallic  induring 
the  space  of  tuenty  zeiris  nixt  following  the  dait  heirof  Chargcing  all  and  sindrie  imprentaris  writtaris 
and  utheris  his  hienes  liegis  within  this  realme  That  nane  of  thame  tak  upoun  hand  to  imprent  or  caus 
be  imprentit  be  quhatsumever  persoun  or  personis  within  this  realme  in  ony  tyme  heirefter  induring  the 
s.iid  space  under  the  panis  of  conllscatioun  thairof  The  said  buke  callit  the  Inglis  bibill  viz  samony  as 
salhappin  to  be  imprentit  and  payment  of  the  soume  of  twa  hunilreth  pundis  money  of  this  realme  &c 
At  Glasgow  the  fourtene  day  of  April  The  zeir  of  God  M  vc  Ixviij  zeiris. 


Robert  Lekpreuik.  203 

merkis,  that  the  said  Robert  sail  nocht  fra  this  furth  prent  bukis 
ballettis  or  ony  wark  of  consequence  without  the  licence  of  the 
prouest  baillies  and  counsale ;  and  Lakprevik  oblissis  him  to 
releif  P'y'^^o^''-* 

Whether  this  was  a  mere  precautionary  measure,  or  a  species  of 
punishment  for  Lekpreuik  having  already  offended  the  authorities  of 
the  city  by  printing  without  licence,  we  are  not  aware.  It  is  possible 
that  one  or  more  of  the  many  ballads  which  issued  from  his  press  in 
1570  may  have  given  offence,  and  that  his  conduct,  therefore,  called 
for  the  restriction  to  which  he  was  subjected. 

Lekpreuik  about  this  period  was  patronised  by  Henry  Charteris, 
who  had  previous  to  this  made  use  of  Scot's  press.  Charteris  also 
frequently  employed  John  Ross,  both  before  and  after  the  former 
had  established  a  printing  office  of  his  own.  The  works  which 
Lekpreuik  printed  for  Charteris  are — "  Morall  Fabillis  of  Esope," 
1570,  "  Actis  and  Deidis  of  Sir  William  Wallace,"  1570,  and  "  Actis 
and  Lyfe  of  Robert  Bruce,"  1571. 

Up  to  the  end  of  1570  Lekpreuik's  press  had  been  in  active 
operation,  and  about  fifty  different  issues  had  come  from  it.  In  157 1, 
however,  events  took  place  within  the  capital  which  produced  a 
change  in  the  prospects  and  in  the  sphere  of  operation  of  ^our  printer. 
It  is  unnecessary  to  detail  the  circumstances  which  led  to  the 
separation  of  the  leading  people  of  Scotland  about  this  time  into 
the  two  factions  known  as  King's  and  Queen's  men.  It  is  well 
known  that  in  the  beginning  of  April  of  the  above  mentioned  year 
the  Queen's  party  became  masters  of  Edinburgh,  the  Castle  being 
in  the  hands  of  Kirkaldy  of  Grange,  who  had  been  made  governor 
of  it  by  Murray  at  a  time  when  he  appeared  an  earnest  agent  in  the 
reformed  cause.  Concealing  his  defection  for  a  while,  Kirkaldy  now 
declared    himself  on    the    Queen's    side.      The    notorious    turncoat, 

*  Edinburgh  Council  Records,    Vol.  iv.,  fol.  3j6. 


204  Robert  Lc/cprenik. 

Maitland  of  Lethington,  likewise  joined  the  faction  ;  and,  as  his 
wavering  politics  exposed  him  to  the  scorn  of  the  reformers,  it 
brought  upon  him  the  stinging  satire  of  George  Buchanan's  pen. 
The  latter  had  but  a  short  time  previous  written  his  "  Chamaeleon," 
under  which  allegorical  character  Secretary  Maitland  of  Lethington 
is  exhibited  in  glaring  colours.  Fearing  that  the  tract  was  being 
printed  by  Lekpreuik,  Maitland  sent  Captain  Melvin  from  the  Castle 
down  to  the  printer's  house  in  the  Netherbow,  at  eleven  o'clock  on 
the  night  of  the  14th  April,  in  order  to  seize  Lekpreuik,  and  obtain 
possession  of  the  objectionable  manuscript.  The  printer,  however, 
had  received  due  warning  of  the  Secretary's  intention,  and  took  the 
precaution  of  disappearing  with  such  papers  as  might  lead  to  dis- 
agreeable consequences.  Whether  Lekpreuik  escaped  out  of  the 
city  on  this  occasion,  or  waited  some  not  very  distant  opportunity  to 
do  so,  is  not  certain.  H.e  could  not  remain  in  Edinburgh  after  the 
30th  of  April,  as  on  that  day  Kirkaldy  issued  a  proclamation  ordering 
all  who  were  not  of  the  Queen's  party  to  leave  the  city  within  six 
hours.  It  is  more  likely  that  he  quitted  the  town  just  before  Melvin 
searched  his  house,  and  that  he  went  straight  to  Stirling,  where  the 
court  of  James  VL,  the  infant  king,  was  resident.  He  appears  to 
have  carried  his  printing  materials  with  him,  as  he  printed  there — 
"before  the  holding  of  the  parliament,"  which  met  in  that  town  on 
the  6th  of  August — "  Ane  admonitioun  direct  to  the  trew  Lordis 
maintenaris  of  Justice  and  obedience  to  the  Kingis  Grace,"  by 
George  Buchanan  ;  and,  before  the  convening  of  the  Assembly  of 
the  church  In  the  same  month,  Lekpreuik  also  printed  a  letter  from 
Knox  "  To  his  loving  Brethren."  With  the  exception  of  two  other 
tracts,  he  printed  nothing  else  in  Stirling.  We  may  look  upon 
Lekpreuik,  however,  as  the  first  printer  who  exercl-sed  his  art  in 
that  fine  old  town. 

In  1572  we  find  him  busily  engaged  in  .St.  Andrews,  whither  he 


Robert  Lckprciiik.  205 

went,  no  doubt,  direct  from  Stirling.  It  is  probable  that  he  quitted 
the  latter  town  very  shortly  after  the  attack  made  upon  it  on  the 
4th  of  September,  1571,  by  the  Earl  of  Huntly,  and  others  of  the 
Queen's  party,  when  the  Regent  Lennox  was  killed.  Lekpreuik 
resided  in  St.  Andrews  till  1573,  being  the  second  printer  in  that 
city,  and  printed  fifteen  works  there.  He  left  for  Edinburgh  in  the 
same  year,  and  his  press  continued  in  operation  there  until  January, 
1573-4.  In  that  month  he  ventured  to  print  a  poetical  tract  without 
a  licence,  and  suffered  severely  for  his  temerity.  The  tract  in 
question  was  "  Ane  Dialog  or  mutual  talking  betuix  a  clerk  and  ane 
Courteour  concerning  four  Parische  Kirks  till  ane  Minister,"  &c. 
It  is  without  place,  date,  author,  or  printer's  name  ;  but  the  fact  of  it 
having  issued  from  his  press  was  brought  home  to  him,  and  he  was 
accordingly  summoned  to  underly  the  law.  The  Act  of  1551  anent 
printers  was  put  in  force ;  his  property  was  confiscated,  and  he 
himself  committed  to  ward  in  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh.  How  long 
he  endured  confinement  is  not  ascertained,  but  it  is  by  no  means 
improbable  that  he  did  not  regain  his  liberty  till  after  the  fall  of  the 
Regent  Morton  in  1578-9,  or  his  execution  in  June,  1581.  At  any 
rate  he  printed  nothing  till  the  latter  year,  after  which  he  disappears 
altogether  from  the  scene.  Perhaps  his  imprisonment  was  not  of 
long  duration,  and  on  its  completion  he  may  have  engaged  himself  as 
a  workman  in  one  of  the  printing  houses  in  the  city.  He  evidently 
forfeited  his  licences,  and,  we  fear,  lost  the  support  of  the  authorities 
of  the  church.  Poor,  and  perhaps  advanced  in  years,  we  can  picture 
Robert  Lekpreuik  in  a  position  calling  for  sympathy  and  assistance  ; 
and  it  is  cheering  to  think  that  one  of  the  craft,  Thomas  Bassandyne, 
took  pity  upon  him,  gave  him  a  half-yearly  bounty  of  five  merks, 
and  bequeathed  to  him,  in  1577,  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds. 

That  Lekpreuik  united  the  occupation  of  bookbinder  to  that  of 
printer  is  evident  from  the  following  extract : — 


2o6  Robert  Lckpreuik. 

Gibson,  28  September  1580     Anent  the  supplicatioun  gevin 

Lekpreuik,  in  before  thame  be  Jhonn  Gibsoun  and  Robert 
Wodhous.  Lekpreuik,  buikbinder,  burgesses  of  this  burgh, 
bering  in  effect  that  Robert  Wodhous,  Inglisman,  being  ane  forane 
straynger  and  vnfrieman,  has  this  lang  tym  bygane  vsurpitt  vpoun 
him  the  priuelege  of  ane  frie  burges  be  selHng  and  bynding  of  all 
kynd  of  buiks  within  the  fredome  of  this  burgh,  to  the  greitt  hurt 
and  preiudice  of  the  saidis  compleners  quha  ar  burgessis  and  friemen, 
quha  stents,  watches  and  wairdes,  and  beris  all  other  portabill 
chairges  with  the  nychtbouris  of  this  burgh,  quhilk  thai  ar  nocht 
abill  to  do  heiraftir  gif  the  said  Robert  be  sufferit  to  continew 
in  the  said  tred,  and  thairfor  desyring  him  to  be  cHschairget  of 
the  saymn, — the  said  Robert  Wodhous,  and  J  hone  Gibsoun,  com- 
perand  personally,  thair  ressonis  and  alligatiouns  hard  and  considerit, 
the  saidis  prouest,  baillies,  and  counsale  dischairges  the  said  Robert 
Wodhous  frome  binding  of  any  kynd  of  buikis  within  the  fredome 
of  this  burgh  fra  the  xiiij  day  of  October  nixt,  vnder  the  payne 
of  confiscatioun  of  the  saidis  buikis  quhaireuer  thai  may  be  ap- 
prehendet.* 

Lekpreuik  has  no  title  to  be  considered  a  first-rate  printer,  and 
none  of  his  works  exhibit  evidence  of  the  typographic  taste  and  skill 
which  distinguish  Davidson's  efforts.  But  during  the  twenty^  years 
in  which  his  press  was  in  operation,  he  produced  a  greater  number 
of  individual  works  than  any  printer  in  Scotland  in  the  sixteenth 
century,  with  the  exception  of  Robert  Waldegrave  {who,  however, 
was  an  Englishman) ;  and  to  Lekpreuik  belongs  the  merit  of  having 
given  to  the  world,  for  the  delight  of  future  generations,  so  many  of 
those  dear  old  ballads  and  other  rare  compositions,  every  leaf  of 
which  is  worth  more  than  its  weight  in  gold. 

*  Edinbtirgh  Council  Kcionfs,    ]'ol.  vi.,  fol.  74, 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

ROBERT    LEKPREUIK'S    DATED    WORKS. 

1 561     '  I  ^HE  Confessione  of  the  fayht  and  |  doctrin  beleued  and  professed 
35.  by  the  |  Protestantes  of  the  Realme  of  Scot-  |  land  exhibited 

to  the  estates  of  the  |  sam  in  parliament  and  by  thare  |  publict  votes 
authorised  as  a  |  doctrin  grounded  vpon  |  the  infallable  wourd  |  of 
God.  I  Matth.  24.  ]  And  this  glaid  tydinges  of  the  king-  |  dom 
shalbe  preached  throught  the  hole  |  world  for  a  witness  to  all  nations 
and  I  then  shall  the  end  cum.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  be  Robert  Lekprewik.  |  Cum  priui- 
legio.  I   1 56 1.  1 

This  work  is  a  small  black-letter  octavo  of  twenty-four  leaves, 
all  numbered  save  the  last,  which  only  bears  on  its  recto,  "  From 
Edinburghe,  17,  Augu-  |  sti  1560.  These  actes  and  ar-  |  ticules  ar 
red  in  the  face  [  of  Parliament,  and  |  ratified  by  the  |  esta-  |  tis." 
The  signatures  are  a — c  in  eights,  a  i  title,  verso  blank,  a  2 — c  7 
the  confessione,  c8  "  From,"  &c.,  verso  blank.  Folio  21  is  numbered 
23,  and  23  is  marked  21.  A  full  page  has  twenty-eight  lines,  besides 
running  title  and  catchword.  The  headings  of  the  chapters  are  in 
a  type  larger,  and  the  marginal  references  in  one  smaller  than  the 
text,  which  itself  is  considerably  smaller  than  the  black-letter  usually 
made  use  of  by  Lekpreuik.      It  should  be  noted  that  the  final  e  of 


2o8  Robert  Lekprcnik's  Dated  Works. 

the  word  "  Confessione  "  on  the  titlepage  is  printed  in  a  much  smaller 
type  than  the  other  letters  of  that  word. 

As  we  have  already  stated,  John  Scot  in  Edinburgh,  and 
Rowland  Hall  in  London,  also  issued  editions  of  this  Confession  of 
Faith,  both  of  which  are  much  superior  in  execution  to  Lekpreuik's. 
It  is  more  than  probable  that  this  edition  was  printed  at  the  instance 
of  the  leaders  of  the  reformed  church  ;  yet  it  is  singular  that  they 
allowed  the  printer  to  alter  the  wording  of  the  title  which  was  given 
to  the  Confession  by  Parliament,  and  which  is  accurately  copied  by 
Scot.  It  is  commonly  believed  that  this  little  work  is  Lekpreuik's 
earliest  typographic  performance,  but  it  does  not  by  any  means  give 
one  the  idea  that  it  was  printed  with  new  clear  types. 

A  copy  of  this  work  is  preserved  in  the  Lambeth  Library. 

1 56 1  «0^  The  Meroure  of  |  an  Chrstiane  {sic\  composed,  and  drawn 

36.  forthe  of  the  ho-  |  ly  Scriptures  :  by  Robert  Noruell,  man  of  armis 
during  |  the  tyme  of  his  captiuitie  at  Paris  in  the  Bastillie,  for  |  the 
testimonie  of  our  Sauiour  lesus  Christ.  |  Luke  9.  |  No  man  that 
putteth  his  hand  to  the  plough.  |  and  loketh  backe,  is  apte  to  the 
kingdome  of  God,  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  by  Robert  Lekprewik  :  |  Cum  priui- 
legio.  I  1561.  I 

This  is  a  small  black-letter  quarto  of  sixty-two  numbered  leaves, 
containing  several  poems,  which  the  author  dedicates  to  the  Earl 
of  Argyle. 

The  signatures  are  a — h  6  in  eights,  with  paging  (recto  only), 
2 — 62,  catchwords,  and  the  sheets  signed  on  first  four  leaves  of  each 
sheet.  Collation — a  i  title,  verso  blank;  aij — iij,  ff  2-3,  The  prologue 
to  my  lord  Erie  of  Argile  ;  aiiij — fi^  fif.  4-41=*,  The  Myroure  of  ane 
Christiane;  fi'' — giji^,  ff.  4I'>-5o^  Godlie  Ballades;  gij"^ — g  5,  ff.  5o''-53, 
Death  to  All   liumaines;  g6 — hiiij^  ff.   54-60%  The  iudgement  of 


Robert  Lekpreui/c  s  Dated  Works.  209 

Mynos  ;  hiiij'^  is  blank;  h  5,  folio  61  (marked  60),  Psalm  5  ;  h  6,  folio 
62,  The  excusation  of  the  maker,  concluding  with  "  Noruells  New- 
yeres  gyft  to  the  Archeris  of  the  gard,  when  he  was  presoner  at 
Paris  in  the  bastillie.    1555." 

On  folio  50  the  author  concludes  his  Godlie  P»allades  with  this 
stanza : — 

Who  maid  this  sang,  for  suith  1  shall  you  tell  : 
Som  time  an  brother  of  Bacchus  beastlie  band, 
Yf  ye  wold  know,  my  name  is  Noruell, 
That  served  bacchus  boith  by  sea  and  land  : 
Whill  in  his  seruice,  so  litill  frute  I  fand. 
That  now  I  am  become,  his  foo  mortall, 
And  shall  gar  abstnence  bind  boith  foot  and  hand 
Of  droncken  bacchus,  the  father  of  vices  all. 
The    title    and    the    foregoing    stanza    acquaint   us   with    several 
particulars    regarding    the    author.       He    appears  to  have  obtained 
his  liberty  some  time   before  the  publication  of  his  verses  ;  and  it 
is  by  no  means  unlikely  that  he  is  the  Robert  Norwell  referred  to 
by   Knox  in  his  Historie  as   "a  meary  man,"  who  carried  a  large 
hammer  before    John    Hamilton,    the  Archbishop  of   St.    Andrews, 
when  that  prelate  entered  the  Justiciary  Court  in  the  Tollbuith  of 
Edinburgh,   on   the  occasion    of  his    trial   for  celebrating    mass,    in 
May,  1563. 

The  book  is  exceedingly  well  printed  with  a  clear,  bold  black- 
letter  type,  which  appears  quite  new.  We  would  almost  infer 
from  this  circumstance  that  it  was  an  earlier  typographic  effort  of 
Lekpreuik  than  the  preceding  article. 

The  only  copy  known  is  preserved  in  the  library  at  Britwell, 
and  formerly  belonged  to  George  Chalmers.  It  was  known  to 
Herbert,  only  by  its  registration,  who  quotes  Maunsell  as  his 
authority.       Dibdin   appears  to  have  possessed  a  fragment  of  this 

c  c 


2IO  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

work,  which  he  describes  in  the  following  terms: — "The  owner 
(Principal  Lee)  was  pleased  to  present  me  with  a  black-letter 
fragment  of  the  '' Godlie  Balades"  by  one  Norvell  ;  a  name,  I 
believe,  unknown  to  Scotch  antiquaries."  * 

i5<5i  5^    ^^^   ^'"^'    I   ''°"    made    by    master    Theodore    de    |    Be^e 

37.  Minister  of  the  word  of  God,  ac-  |  companied  with  xj.  other 
Ministers  and  |  xx.  deputies  of  the  refourmed  Churches  |  of  the 
Realme  of  Fraunce,  in  the  presen-  |  ce  of  the  King,  the  Quene 
mother,  the  |  king  of  Nauarre,  the  princes  of  Conde,  |  and  of  La 
Roche  Surion,  monsieur  de  |  Guise,  the  Constable,  and  other 
great  |  Princes  &  Lordes  of  the  Kinges  coun-  |  sel,  being  there  also 
presente  vj  Cardi-  |  nalles  xxxvj.  Archbishoppes  &  Bishop-  |  pes, 
besides  a  great  number  of  Abbots,  |  Priours,  Doctours  of  the 
Sorbone  |  and  other  Scooles  :  Tuesday  the  ix.  day  |  of  September, 
1561.  in  the  Noonnery  |  of  Poyssy.  Truely  gathered  and  |  set 
forth  in  such  sort  as  it  |  was  spoken  by  ]  the  said  de  |  Be^e.  | 
Whereunto  is  added  a  brief  declaration  [  exhibited  by  the  said  Be^e, 
to  the  Quene  |  the  mother,  the  next  morowe  after  |  the  making  of 
the  said  Oration,  |  touching  certain  poyntes  |  conteyned  in  |  the 
same.  | 

This  is  a  small  black-letter  octavo  of  forty  leaves,  signatures 
A  to  E  in  eights.  There  is  no  paging.  Catchwords  occur  on  verso 
only,  and  signatures  on  the  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet.  A  i  Title, 
verso  blank,  Aij — D  6=1  the  oration,  D  G^  is  blank,  07=*  "A  briefe 
writing,  exhibited  by  |  Master  Thedore  de  Be-^e,  to  the  Quene  | 
Mother  at  Poissy,  the  x.  day  of  Septem-  |  ber ;  containing  a 
declaration  of  certaine  |  pointes  proponed  by  him  the  day  before  j 
in  the  presence  of  the  King,  the  Quene  |  Mother,  the  king  of 
Nauarre,  &c.     Being  |  present  also  there  a  nombcr  of  |  Cardinalles 

*  DiMiit's  Norllicni   Tour,    I'ol.  ii.,  p.  640. 


Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works.  2 1 1 

and  Bisshop-  |  pes,  and  other  Mini-  |  sters  of  the  |  Church.  |  1561.  |  " 
D  7!'  blank,  D  8— Eiiij=^  "To  the  Quene,"  E  4^  is  blank,  E  5=' 
"5^  The  confession  asweall  of  the  |  Protestants  as  of  there 
aduersary  par-  |  tie  of  lait  dayes  assembled  at  Poissy  in  |  Fraunce 
concerning  the  presence  of  le-  |  sus  Christ  in  the  holie  Supper 
whereof  |  let  our  Papistes  chose  which  best  li-  |  keth  them  and  so 
remoue  |  the  errour  of  tran-  |  substantia-  |  tion.  |  "  The  versos  of 
signatures — E  5,  E  6,  and  E  7 — have  "  La  Confession  du  dernier 
jour  de  September,  1561,"  while  the  English  translation  of  the  same 
occupies  the  opposite  pages.  On  the  recto  of  the  last  leaf,  E  8,  is 
this  colophon  : — "  Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  by  Robet  (^sic)  Lek- 
prewik,  |  Cum  priuilegio.  |   1561.  |  "   E  8''  is  blank. 

This  oration  was  printed  by  Richard  Jugge  in  London  in  the 
same  year.  The  title  is  the  same  in  all  respects,  but  whether 
Lekpreuik's  edition  is  a  mere  reprint  of  Jugge's,  or  furnished  from 
some  other  source,  we  are  not  able  to  state. 

A  copy  of  this  volume  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty 
of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1562  5^  Ane  answer  |  made  the  fourthe  day  of  septembre  |  a  thousand 

38.  fyue  hundreth  syxtie  &  one,  by  |  maister  Theodore  de  Besja  minister 
of  I  the  holie  Euangile,  in  the  presence  of  the  |  Quene  mother,  the 
King  and  Quene  of  |  Nauarre,  the  Princes  of  the  blood  roy-  |  all, 
and  of  the  priuie  counseill,  vnto  that  |  whiche  the  Cardinall  of 
Lorraine  had  |  replied  against  that  whiche  was  propo-  |  unded  in 
the  first  iourney  of  their  |  talking  together,  by  the  said  |  de  Bes^a 
in  the  name  |  of  the  reformed  |  Churches.  |  Together  with  an  other 
short  answer  |  made  by  the  said  de  Bes^a  the  26  day  of  |  the  said 
moneth  vnto  certein  |  articles  of  replie  set  |  forth  by  the  said  | 
Cardinall.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  ]  by  Robert  Lekprewik.  |  Cum  priui- 
legio. I  1562.  ( 


212  Robert  Ltkpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

A  small  black-letter  octavo,  without  paging,  catchwords  on  verso 
only,  and  with  signatures  on  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet,  running 
in  the  only  copy  we  have  seen  A — E^  F4.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank, 
Aij — \\\f  John  Baron  to  the  reader,  4*^  blank,  A  5— F  4  An  answer. 
Several  leaves,  however,  are  wanting  to  complete  the  work. 

This  is  translated  by  John  Baron,  who  in  an  address  of  five 
pages  says,  "  I  knew  yt  man  to  be  of  so  great  knowledge,  and 
specially  so  greatly  fearing  God,  I  was  driven  with  a  great  desyre  to 
read  them  [Beza's  two  answers],  and  after  that  I  had  redde  them, 
with  a  more  fervent  desyre  was  I  rapt  (whatsoever  other  busynes  I 
had  to  do  being  layd  asyde)  to  translate  them."  Baron  was  a  native 
of  Edinburgh,  and  studied  theology  in  Geneva,  of  which  city  he  was 
made  a  free  burgess  in  1557.  He  was  no  doubt  acquainted  with 
Beza,  and  evidently  admired  his  writings.  He  returned  to  Scotland 
in  1560,  and  in  1563  became  minister  of  Galston,  in  Ayrshire, 
whence  he  was  translated  in  1567  to  Whitehorn,  in  Galloway,  and 
died  in  the  following  year. 

A  copy  (imperfect)  of  this  book  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library, 
Edinburgh. 

1 562  The  I  Forme  of  pra-  |  yers  and  ministration  of  the  Sa-  |  craments 

39.  &c.  vsed  in  the  English  Chur-  |  che  at  Geneua,  and  approued  by  the 
fa-  I  mous  and  godie  learned  man,  lohn  |  Caluin,  whereunto  are  also 
added  the  |  praiers  which  they  vse  there  in  the  Fre-  |  che  Churche:  | 
With  I  the  confession  of  faith  whiche  all  |  they  make  that  are  receiued 
into  I  the  vniuersitie  of  Geneua.  |  I.  Corinth.  HI.  |  No  man  can  laye 
any  other  fundation  |  the  that  which  is  laid,  euen  Christ  le-  |  sus.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  by  Robert  Lekprewik.  |  Cum  priui- 
legio.  I  1562.  I 

A  small  black-letter  octavo  of  seventy  leaves.  The  sheets  are 
signed  A — H^  I<>.     There  is  paging  on  recto,  catchwords  on  verso, 


Robert  Lekpreuili  s  Dated  Works.  213 

and  signatures  on  first  five  leaves  of  each  sheet.  Ai''  Title,  i'' 
Contents,  A  2 — I  5^  Confession  of  faith,  &c.  On  the  reverse  of  I  5 
is  this  colophon  : — "  Imprinted  |  at  Edinburgh,  by  Robert  |  Lek- 
prewik  and  are  to  |  be  soulde  at  his  |  hous  at  the  |  nether  |  bow.  | 
Cum  priuilegio.  |  1562.  |  "     I  6  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 

The  original  edition  of  Calvin's  Forme  of  Prayers  was  printed 
at  Geneva  in  1556  by  John  Crespin,  who  brought  out  a  Latin  and 
an  English  edition  in  the  same  year.  See  "Works  of  John  Knox," 
edited  by  David  Laing,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  141 -2 14,  where  the  editions 
are  collated,  and  facsimile  titlepages  given. 

A  copy  of  Lekpreuik's  edition  is  in  the  Library  of  the  Faculty 
of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1563  The  Confutation  of  |  the  Abbote   of  Crosraguels   Masse,   set  | 

40.  furth  by  Maister  George  Hay.  |  Math.  15.  |  All  plantation  that  is 
not  planted  by  my  hea-  |  uenly  Father,  shalbe  rooted  out :  leaue 
them,  for  |  they  be  blinde  guides  to  the  blinde.  |  Cypriane.  Lib.  3. 
Epist.  2.  I  If  in  the  Sacrifice  which  is  Christe,  onely  Christe  is  to 
be  I  followed,  then  must  we  here  and  do  that,  that  Christe  did  |  and 
commanded  to  be  done,  since  he  in  his  Euangell,  say-  |  eth,  if  ye  do 
that  I  command  you,  now  call  I  you  not  ser-  |  uandes  but  freindes. 
And  the  Father  out  of  the  heauen  ]  testifieth,  saying.  This  is  my 
moste  deare  Sone,  in  whom  |  I  am  compleased,  here  him,  if  then 
onely  Christe  is  to  be  |  herde,  we  oght  not  attend  what  any  man 
before  vs  iudged  |  to  be  done,  but  what  he,  who  is  before  all,  Christe, 
first  did  I  for  the  consuetude  of  man  must  not  be  followed,  but  the  | 
treuth  of  God.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  |  Lekpreuik,  and  are  to  be 
sauld  at  |  his  hous  at  the  nether  Bow.  |  Cum  priuilegio  |  1563.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  (on  recto  only), 
catchwords,    and  signatures  A — P-t  Q-  R — Bb4.      The  Collation  is 


2 1 4  Robert  Lekpreuil;  s  Dated  Works. 

as  follows: — A  i^  Title,  i'^  The  Prenter  to  the  Reader,  Aij — iiij, 
folios  3-4  (folio  3  is  on  Aiij),  Dedication;  Bi — ij,  folios  1-2,  To  the 
Reader  ;  Biij — -Bb  3=^  The  Confutation  of  the  Abbote  of  Crosraguels 
Masse;  Bb  3''  "Imprinted  at  Edin-  |  burgh,  by  Robert  Lekprewik, 
and  I  are  to  be  sould  at  his  hous  at  the  |  nether  Bow.  |  Anno.  1563.  | 
Cum  priuilegio.  |  "  Arabesque  ornament  underneath.  Bb  4  woodcut 
of  an  Angel,  verso  blank. 

In  the  epistle  of  "The  Prenter  to  the  Reader,"  he  states  the 
difficulty  he  had  in  persuading  the  author,  whom  he  speaks  of  as 
"a  man  shamefast  of  his  owen  nature,"  to  favour  him  with  the 
manuscript,  and  he  also  apologises  for  the  want  of  Greek  characters 
required  for  the  work,  and  which  are  consequently  supplied  by  the 
pen.  This  address,  which  we  have  printed  at  length  in  the  previous 
chapter,*  is  dated  "At  our  buith,  the  penult  of  July,  1563."  The 
work  is  dedicated  "  To  the  most  noble,  potent,  and  godly  Lorde 
James,  Earle  of  Murray,  the  Author  wisheth  grace,  mercy,  peace, 
and  increase  of  heauenly  giftes  of  the  Spirit  of  God."  On  the  last 
leaf,  above  a  rude  woodcut  of  an  angel  with  expanded  wings  holding 
a  burning  lamp  in  the  right  hand,  and  a  square  in  the  left,  are  these 

lines  : — 

"he,  Missa-est : 
Ire  licet :  missa  hinc  quo  debuit  ire  remissa  est : 

Nempe  ad  tartareum  trans  phlegetonta  Patrem." 
It  does  not  convey  a  favourable  idea  of  the  progress  of  early 
Scottish  typography  to  have  it  proved  that  Greek  types  (if  we 
except  the  capital  signui  mentioned  at  page  170)  had  not  found  their 
way  to  the  metropolis  in  1 563  ;  and  it  is  more  disappointing  to  find 
that,  in  a  work  (which  we  shall  notice  in  due  course)  printed  at 
Edinburgh  sixteen  years  later,  spaces  are  left  for  the  Greek  and 
Hebrew  quotations  being  filled   in  by  the  hand.      It  is  true  that 

*  r.  200. 


Robert  Lckprcui/c  s  Dated  WorJcs.  2  1 5 

Bassendyne  contrived  to  pick  up  as  many  Greek  characters  as 
enabled  him  to  print  the  word  Xared/o?  in  a  note  to  verse  18  of  the 
13th  chapter  of  Revelations,  in  his  New  Testament  of  1576  ;  but  it 
is  evident  that  he  could  not  furnish  the  letters  x-  (,<  nor  duplicate  of 
?  and  T,  which  he  prints  in  roman  type,  so — chi,  xi,  si.  Though  thus 
far  behind  their  brother  craftsmen  in  England,  those  Scotch  printers 
were  not  the  latest  practisers  of  the  art  who  had  to  confess  to  a  want 
of  Greek  characters  ;  for  Cotton  instances  a  work  printed  in  1603 
at  Origuela,  in  Spain,  where  an  excuse  is  made  for  their  absence.* 

The  author  of  the  Confutation  was  a  minister  of  the  reformed 
church,  and  Commissioner,  first  for  Aberdeen,  and  afterwards  for 
Caithness.  His  work  is  a  reply  to  a  treatise  by  Ouintine  Kennedy, 
Abbot  of  Crossraguell,  entitled  "Ane  familiar  commune  and 
ressoning  anent  the  Misterie  of  the  Sacrifice  of  the  Mess,  betuix 
tua  brether,  Maister  Quentin  Kennedy,  Commendator  of  Crossra- 
guell, and  James  Kennedy  of  Uchterlour.  In  the  ■:;eir  of  God,  ane 
thousand,  fyve  hundreth,  three  scoir,  ane  -^eir."  This  treatise  was 
not  printed,  but  appears  to  have  been  largely  copied  and  circulated. 

Two  copies  of  Hay's  Confutation  are  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 

1563  C  Ane  Answer  to  the  |  Tractiue,  set  furth  in  the  jeir  of  God. 

41,  1558.  I  be  Maister  Ouintine  Kennedy,  Commen-  |  datar,  Abbote  of 
Crosraguell,  for  the  |  establisching  of  ane  Christiane  man-  |  nis 
conscience  (as  he  alledgis)  (  the  Forth  and  strenth  of  his  |  Papistrie, 
and  all  vthers  |  of  his  Sect,  as  appea-  |  ris  weill  be  his  Epistle  | 
direct  to  the  Pro-  |  testantes,  and  |  Prentit  in  the  last  part  of  this 
Bulk:  I  Maid  be  Maister  Johne  Dauidsone,  Maister  |  of  the  Paedagog 
of  Glasgw.  I  Colloss.  2.  |  Bewarre,  lest  thare  be  ony  man  that  spuil-^e 
-^ow  throw  Phi-  |  losophie,  and  vaine  deceait,  throw  the  traditionis  of 
men,  |  according  to  the  Rudimentis  of  this  warld,  and  nocht  efter  \ 
Christe.  | 

*  Henry  Cotton,    Typographical  Gazetteer,  2nd  Ed.,  iSjr,  p.  30j. 


2i6  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

C  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  by  Robert  Lekprewik.  |  Cum 
priuilegio.    1563.  | 

A  black-letter  quarto  of  thirty-four  leaves,  with  paging  on 
recto  only,  catchwords  on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A — H4  I^. 
A  I"  Title,  i^  blank,  Aij  [pp.  i|]  To  the  Reader,  Aij^— 3=1  The 
Table,  3^ — 4"  Dedication,  4''  blank,  B  i— I  2,  folios  6-34  (folio  6  is  on 
B  2),  Ane  Confutatione  of  M.  Q.  Ken.  Papisticall  Councels.  The 
work  is  dedicated  "To  the  maist  noble  and  vertuous  Lorde  Alex- 
ander, Earl  of  Glencarden.  Johne  Dauidsone  wishit  Grace  and 
Peace,  be  the  Lord  Christe  Jesus,  frome  God  the  Father."  The 
work  concludes  with  a  letter  "  To  Maister  Ouintine  Kennedy,  &c.," 
from  Johne  Davidsone,  dated  "  At  the  Paedagoge  of  Glasgw,  the 
firste  of  Marche,  1562."  The  running  title  is  "The  Confutatione 
of  M.  O.  Ken.   Papisticall  councells." 

The  author,  John  Davidson,  was  Principal  of  the  College  of 
Glasgow,  and  the  immediate  predecessor  of  the  celebrated  Andrew 
Melville.  The  work  is  a  reply  to  Ouintine  Kennedy's  "Compendius 
Tractive,"  which  was  printed  by  John  Scot  in  1558  (p.  173).;  "but 
it  does  not  refer  exclusively  to  the  Abbot's  printed  work,  but  to  a 
summary  or  abstract  which  Kennedy  himself  drew  up,  and  sent  to 
Davidson  for  the  purpose  of  having  it  submitted  '  to  an  gude  Lorde 
and  Maister,'  the  Archbishop  of  Glasgow."  This  is  Davidson's 
only  printed  work,  and  it  was  reprinted  in  the  Miscellany  of  the 
Wodrow  Society,  where  a  notice  of  the  author  will  be  found. 

The  original  is  of  such  rarity  that  only  one  copy  is  known.  It  is 
preserved  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1563  Heir  followeth  the  |  coppie  of  the  ressoning  which  was  betuix  | 

42.  the  Abbote  of  Crosraguell  and  John  Knox,  |  in  Mayboill  concerning 
the  masse,  |  in  the  yeare  of  God,  a  thousand  |  fiue  hundreth  thre 
scoir  I  and  two  yeares.  |  Apocalips.  xxij.  |  For  I  protest  vnto  euerie 


Robert  Lekprenik's  Dated  Works.  217 

man  that  heareth  the  |  wordes  of  the  prophecic  of  this  bokc  :  If  any 
ma  I  shall  adcie  vnto  these  thinges,  God  shall  adde  |  vnto  him  the 
plagues,  that  are  written  in  this  1  boke.  |  [Woodcut  of  diamond 
shape.] 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  |  Lekpreuik,  and  are  to  be 
solde  at  his  |  hous,  at  the  nether  bow.  |  Cum  priuilegio.  |  1563.  | 

A  black-letter  quarto,    having    twelve    preliminary   unnumbered 

leaves  (the  signatures  of  which  are  crosses  and  hands),  containing 

title,     prologue,    and    the    Abbot's    letter ;    and    thirty-two    leaves 

numbered,    signed   A — H    in  fours.      On  the  recto  of  the  last  folio 

is  this  colophon  : — 

Imprinted  at 

Edinburgh  by  Robert  Lekpreuik 

Cum  priuilegio. 

1563 

This  work  is  an  account  of  the  famous  disputation  which  occupied 
three  days  betwixt  the  Abbot  and  Knox  at  Maybole,  in  September, 
1562.  The  result  of  their  debating  having  been  represented  by  the 
Abbot  and  his  friends  to  have  been  unfavourable  to  Knox,  the  latter 
deemed  it  proper  to  publish  the  account  of  the  proceedings  as  it  was 
taken  down  by  the  notaries  who  were  present  on  the  occasion,  and 
to  which  he  added  a  prologue  and  some  marginal  notes.  The 
preliminary  unnumbered  part  of  the  work  contains  the  four  letters  of 
the  Abbot  which  led  to  the  disputation,  and  Knox's  replies  ;  and  the 
numbered  part,  the  arguments  and  "  ressoning  "  of  the  two  champions. 

Only  two  copies  of  this  interesting  tract  are  known  ;  one,  perfect, 
in  the  library  at  Auchinleck,  and  the  other  (imperfect)  in  Taymouth 
Castle.  A  facsimile  reprint  was  made  from  the  former  in  18 12,  at 
the  expense  of  Sir  Alexander  Boswell,  and  of  which  fifty  copies  were 
thrown  off.  The  tract  is  reprinted  entire  in  "The  Works  of  John 
Knox,  collected  and  edited  by  David  Laing,"  Vol.  VI.,  1864,  pp. 
169-220. 

D  D 


2i8  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

'563  ^>^  Ane  answer  |  to  ane  Epistle  written  by  Renat  |  Benedict, 

43.  the  Frenche  Doctor,  profe-  |  ssor  of  Gods  worde  (as  the  translater 
I  of  this  Epistle  calleth  him)  to  lohn  |  Knox  and  the  rest  of  his 
brethren  |  ministers  of  the  word  of  God  :  |  made  by  Dauid  Fear- 
gussone  |  minister  of  the  same  |  word  at  this  pre-  ]  sent  in  Dum- 
fermling.  |  Psalme.  8.  |  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babis  and  |  sucklinges 
haste  thou  ordeyned  |  strength,  because  of  thine  enimi-  |  es,  that 
thou  mightest  still  the  |  enimie  and  the  auenger.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  by  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Cum  priui- 
legio.  I  1563.  I 

This  is  a  black-letter  octavo  of  44  leaves,  having  on  the  reverse 
of  the  title  an  address  from  "  The  Prenter  to  the  Reader,"  in 
twenty-four  lines.  The  signatures  are  A — E^  F^.  Collation  : — 
A  1=^  Title,  i*^  The  Prenter  to  the  Reader,  Aij — 3^  pp.  [3],  folios  2-3% 
the  Preface ;  A  3^ — Fiij^  folio  3''-43^  Ane  answer  to  Renat  Be. 
Epistle  ;  F  4  is  wanting,  probably  it  was  a  blank  leaf.  The  work  is 
paged  on  the  recto  only,  and  has  catchwords,  and  signatures  on  first 
four  leaves  of  each  sheet — E,  Eij,  Eiij,  Eiiij,  and  four  leaves  un- 
signed. Dated  on  last  page  "  From  Dumfermling  the  26.  of  April). 
1562." 

The  author  of  the  "  Answer"  was  the  first  protestant  minister  of 
Dunfermline;  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1598,  he  was  the 
oldest  member  of  the  reformed  church.  He  appears  to  have 
belonged  originally  to  Dundee,  and  to  have  imbibed  the  sentiments 
of  the  reforming  party.  That  he  had  rendered  himself  obnoxious 
to  the  Queen  and  the  Roman  Catholic  party  is  evident  from  a  decree 
which  was  issued  against  him  and  others: — "July  7,  1558.  Item, 
the  said  day,  to  Dauid  Lindsay,  Rothesay  herauld,  passand  of 
Edinburgh,  with  Ictteris,  to  summond  George  Luvul,  David  Fer- 
gusone,  and  certane  utheris  personis  within  the  hurt  of  Dunde,  to 
tak  sourte  of  thame  that  thai  sail  compeir  befoir  the  justice  and  his 


Robert  Lekpreiiik' s  Dated  Works.  2 1 9 

deputies  in  the  tolbuith  of  Edinburgh,  the  xxviii  day  of  JuHi  instant, 
for  thair  wrongus  using  and  resting  of  the  Scriptures  and  disputting 
upoun  erroneous  opinions,  and  eiting  of  flesche  in  Lenterone  and 
utheris  forbidding  tymes,  contrair  to  the  actis  of  parliament,  iii  li.  vs." 

Renat  Benoist,  or  Rene  Bendict,  accompanied  Queen  Mary  from 
France  in  1561,  and  remained  in  Scotland  for  two  years  as  her 
Chaplain  and  Confessor.  He  addressed  an  epistle  in  Latin  to  Knox 
and  his  brethren  in  December,  1561,  which  was  translated  "by  ane 
certane  Frier,"  viz.,  Ninian  Winget,  and  circulated  in  manuscript. 
The  work  of  David  Ferguson  is  a  reply  to  Winget's  translation. 
This,  together  with  other  tracts  by  Ferguson,  was  reprinted  for  the 
Bannatyne  Club  in  i860,  with  an  introductory  notice  by  Principal  Lee. 

Copies  of  the  "Answer"  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
135 1,  a.  29 — Cambridge  University  Library,  and  a  third  imperfect 
copy  in  Edinburgh  University  Library. 

1564  De  Papistarvm    Svperstiosis    Ineptiis    Patricij    Adamsonij,    Alias 

44.  Constantini  carmen.      Matth.    15.     Omnis  plantatio,  &c. 

Impressum  Edinburgi  per  Robertum  Lekprewick.     Anno  1564. 

The  running  title  is  "Ad  papistas  Aberdonenses,"  and  the  preface 
is  dated  "  Sanctiandreae  4.  Calendas  Septembris.  Anno  1564.  Ex 
psedagogio."  This  is  the  earliest  work  of  Patrick  Adamson  or 
Constance,  who  at  the  time  was  a  teacher  of  grammar  in  the 
University  of  St.  Andrews,  as  well  as  Minister  of  Ceres  in  Fifeshire. 
He  ultimately  attained  the  dignity  of  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews, 
and  was  the  author  of  several  other  works,  to  which  reference  will 
afterwards  be  made.  A  copy  of  the  poem  above  described  is  said 
to  be  in  the  library  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

1564  The  Cate-  |  chisme  Or  Ma-  ]  ner  to  teache  children  the  |  Christian 

45.  reli-  I  gion.  |  *  |  Wherein  the   Minister  demandeth   the  |  question, 


2  20  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

and  the  chylde  maketh  ]  answere  :  made  by  the  excellent  Do-  |  ctor 
and  Pastor  in  Christs  Church,  |  John  Caluin,  |  Ephes.  2.  |  The 
doctrine  of  the  Apostles  and  Pro-  [  phetes  is  the  foundation  of  | 
Christs  Church. 

Imprinted  at  Edinbrough  by  me  |  Robert  Lekpriuik.  |  1564.  | 
Cum   Priuilegio.  | 

Octavo,  with  signatures  A — L^,  and  paged  4-1 81  (p.  4  on  A  2^ 
and  p.  181  on  L  6^).  A  i^  Title,  i^  blank,  Aij — I  5,  pp.  4-148 
(p.  4  on  A  2^  woodcut  of  rose  at  foot  of  p.  148),  the  catechism; 
I  7 — L  6^  pp.  149-18 1,  A  Forme  of  Prayers;  L  6''  blank;  L7  and  8 
are  wanting,  but  were  probably  blank.  Printed  in  roman  letter, 
with  catchwords,  paging,  and  signatures  on  first  four  leaves  of  each 
sheet — Gj,  Gij,  Giij,  Giiij,  and  four  leaves  unsigned. 

This  Catechism,  a  translation  of  John  Calvin's,  is  usually  found 
conjoined  with  the  book  next  to  be  described  ;  but  as  it  possesses  a 
distinct  titlepage  bearing  an  earlier  date,  we  assign  it  a  prior  position. 
The  united  works  form  a  volume,  known  as  Knox's  Psalms  and 
Liturgy,  but  to  which  Dr.  Laing  gives  the  more  suitable  title  of 
"The  Book  of  Common  Order."  The  complete. volume  contains 
three  distinct  portions,  with  separate  signatures  and  paginations ; 
but  while,  with  a  single  exception,  the  two  first  parts  have  a  general 
title  with  the  date  1565,  the  Catechism  in  all  the  copies  is  dated  1564. 
The  exceptional  copy  is  that  in  the  library  of  Corpus  Christi  College, 
Oxford.  There  are  also  copies  in  the  British  Museum  (pressmark, 
G.  1 1820),  and  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge. 

1565  The  I  Forme  Of  |  Prayers  And  Minis-  |  tration  Of  The  Sacra-  | 

^5    ments  &c.  vsed  in  the  English  Church  |  at  Geneua,  approued  and 

receiued  by  |  the  Churche  of  Scotland,  whereunto  |  besydes  that  was 

in  the  former  bokes,  |  are  also  added  sondrie  other  pray-  |  ers,  with 

the  whole  Psal-  |  mes  of  Dauid  in  |  English  me-  |  ten  |  The  contents 


Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  Works.  221 

of  this  boke  are  con-  ]  teined  in  the  page  following.  |  I.  Corinth.  III. 
I  No  man  can  lay  any  other  fundation,  then  |  that  which  is  laid,  euen 
Christ  lesus.  | 

Printed  at  Edinbvrgh  |  By  Robert  Lekprevik.  |  M.D.LXV.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  type,  containing  (i)  eight  leaves 
without  signatures  or  numbers,  followed  by  signature  .^'^.  These 
twelve  preliminary  leaves  are  used  thus  : — i^  Title,  i**  The  Contents, 
2 — ^\y  pp.  [16],  Kalendar ;  ^2 — 4^,  pp.  [5],  Tables;  4'' Sonnet,  of 
three  stanzas,  by  "  William  Stewart  to  the  Church  of  Scotland." 
Then  follows  "  The  Confession  |  Of  Faith  Used  In  The  |  Engli.sh 
Congregation  at  Geneva,"  signatures  A — D^  (D  8  is  cancelled),  then 
D4  (7  pages  of  2nd  D  not  numbered),  E — G^  H^.  The  pages  are 
numbered  from  2  to  117.  Then  follows  (2)  the  Psalms,  signatures 
a — z^,  A — F^,  ,^4.  In  Corpus,  Oxford,  copy  these  last  four  leaves — 
which  contain  "  A  Table  of  the  Psalmes  declaring  aswel  the  nombre, 
as  also  in  what  leafe  to  find  the  same  " — precede  the  Psalms.  The 
pages  of  the  Psalms  are  numbered  from  i  to  460.  This  is  succeeded 
by  (3)  the  Catechism,  signatures  A — L^  ;  L  7  and  8  are  wanting,  but 
were  probably  blank. 

There  is  no  separate  titlepage  to  the  Psalms,  but  one  is  given  to 
the  Catechisme,  which  is  dated  1564,  as  follows: — The  Cate-  |  chisme 
Or  Ma-  I  ner  to  teache  children  the  |  Christian  reli-  |  gion.  |  *  | 
Wherein  the  Minister  demandeth  the  |  question,  and  the  chylde 
maketh  |  answere  :  made  by  the  excellent  Do-  |  ctor  and  Pastor  in 
Christs  Churche,  |  lohn  Caluin.  |  Ephes.  2.  |  The  doctrine  of  the 
Apostles  and  Pro-  |  phetes  is  the  foundation  of  |  Christs  Church.  | 
Imprinted  at  Edinbrough  by  me  |  Robert  Lekpriuik.  |  1564.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio.  | 

Many  of  the  Psalms  are  set  to  music,  the  notation  being  diamond 
shaped. 


2  22  Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  Works. 

As  already  mentioned,  a  copy  with  both  titlepages  dated  1564, 
in  richly  gilt  contemporary  calf  binding,  is  in  the  library  of  Corpus 
Christi  College,  Oxford,  and  a  copy  dated  1565  in  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge.  An  imperfect  copy  of  the  Forme  of  Prayers  and 
Psalms  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh.  For  a  comparison 
of  the  various  editions  of  Knox's  Liturgy,  the  reader  is  referred  to 
Dr.  Laing's  edition  of  the  ''Works  of  John  Knox,"  Vol.  VL, 
pp.   277-380. 

1565  Ane  I  Breif  Gather-  |  ing   Of  The    Halie   Sig-  |  nes.    Sacrifices 

47.  And  Sa-  |  cramentis  Institvtit  Of  ]  God  sen  the  Creation  of  the  | 
warlde.  And  of  the  |  trew  originall  of  1  the  Sacrifice  ]  of  the  | 
messe.  |  Translatit  out  of  Frenche  into  Scottis  |  be  ane  Faithful 
Brother.  |  Math.  15.  |  Euerie  plant  that  my  heauenlie  Father  hes 
not  I  plantit  salbe  plukit  vp  be  the  rutes.  | 

Imprintit  At  Edinbvrgh  |  Be  Robert  Lekprevik.  |  M.D.LXV.  j 
Quarto,  forty-six  leaves,  A — L4,  M^,  with  paging  3-46  (p.  3  on 
A  3)  on  recto  of  leaves  only,  catchwords,  and  signatures  B,  B  2,  B  3, 
B  4,  every  leaf  signed.  Collation: — Ai^  Title,  i*^  blank,  A  2,  pp. 
[2],  The  Avthovr  to  the  Reader  ;  A  3,  pp.  [2],  The  Translator  to  the 
Reader;  A 4 — M  2,  folios  4-46,  Ane  Breif  Gathering.  Printed  in 
roman  characters. 

Dr.  M'Crie,  in  his  "Life  of  Andrew  Melville,"  says  that  "as  a 
number  of  Iwoks  in  favour  of  the  Roman  Catholic  religion  were 
about  this  time  translated  into  the  Scottish  language,  so  the  reformers 
procured  the  translation  of  the  most  useful  writings  of  the  foreign 
protestants."  The  above-named  work  is  one  of  the  latter,  and  the 
translator  was  William  Stewart,  who  was  appointed  by  the  kirk  to 
undertake  duties  of  this  nature.  From  being  Ross  Herald  he  was 
constituted  Lyon  King-at-Arms  in  February,  1568;  but,  shortly 
thereafter  being  charged  with  conspiring  against  the  Regent,  he  was 


Robert  Lekpreuilc  s  Dated  Works.  223 

deprived  of  his  office  and  confined  a  prisoner  in  the  Casde  of 
Dumbarton  for  twelve  months.  Although  the  charge  was  disproved, 
we  learn  from  the  Book  of  the  Privy  Council  that  he  was  nevertheless 
"convict  and  justifiet  to  the  dead  for  certane  crymes  of  witchcraft, 
nigromancye,  and  utheris  crymes  committit  be  him." 

Copies  of  the  "  Gathering "  are  in  the  British  Museum  (press- 
mark, C.  'is'l-  d.  30.),  and  in  Edinburgh  University. 

1565  The  Actis  and  Constitutionis  of  Parliament  maid  be  the  rycht 

48.  excellent  princes  Marie  quene  of  Scottis. 

This  title  is  over  the  large  folio  plate  of  the  arms  of  Scotland 
which  was  used  by  Davidson  in  The  New  Actis  of  James  Fift,  1541, 
and  also  in  Bellenden's  Croniklis.  The  words  "  Jacobus "... 
"  Rex.  5."  which  occupy  the  scrolls  above  the  unicorns  in  these 
works,  are  here  changed  to  "H  Maria"  ...  "IF  Regina,"  in  much 
smaller  letters,  evidently  moveable  types.  The  book  is  a  thin  black- 
letter  folio,  containing  "  The  Actis  of  the  last  parliament  haldin  in 
Edinburgh  in  the  cjeir  of  God  ane  thousand  fyue  hundreth  thre  scoir 
thre  -^eiris."  At  the  end  of  the  book  is  this  colophon  : — "  Imprintit 
at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  1565." 

We  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  the  above.  In  the  "Acts  of  the 
Parliaments  of  Scotland,"  Vol.  I.,  p.  31,  note  3,  the  editor  says — 
"a  copy  (formerly  Mr.  Herbert's)  was  in  the  Roxburghe  library, 
but  is  now  lost.  Another  copy  is  in  the  library  of  Mr.  Murray  of 
Henderland." 

1565  Henrici  |  Illvstrissimi    Dv-  |  cis    Albanise    Comitis    Rossiae,    &c. 

49.  et  Mariae   Serenis-  |  simae  Scotorum    Reginae  ]  Epithalamium.  |  Per 
Tho.   Craigvm.  |  [Triangular  device.] 

Impressvm  Edinbvrgi  j  Per  Robertvm  Lekprevik.  |  Anno  1565.  | 


2  24  Robert  Lekprcuiks  Dated  Works. 

A  small  octavo  of  one  sheet,  or  eight  leaves,  printed  in  reman 
letter.  There  is  no  paging,  but  there  are  catchwords  on  the  verso  of 
the  leaves,  and  three  leaves  are  signed  Aij,  Aiij,  Aiiij.  A  i''  Title, 
verso  blank,  A  2 — 7  Epithalamivm,  A  8  wanting,  but  was  probably 
a  blank  leaf  A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh 
University. 

P  ASaVlLLO^ 

RVM  VERSVS  ALI- 
CL.V0TEXUIVERSIS 

4VCTORIBV5      COLLECT  I, 

»dexhiljrandum.confirm»n- 

dumq;  hoc  pcrturbatiC- 

Cmorerum  Ibm  pij 

leitoris  animum, 

apprimi  coa-» 

duccnili. 


IjiritittvM    iDTMiTier   pas. 
KOikHTVM    La(pa««tx. 


1565  Pasqvillorvm  Versvs  Aliqvot,  &c.,  as  in  facsimile. 

5°'  A  small  quarto  of  twelve  leaves,  printed  in  roman  type,  with  the 

signatures  A  to  C  in  fours.     The  first  page  of  sig.  A  is  occupied  by 
the  title,  the  verso  is  blank.     A — C  4''  Pasquillorum  Versus,  C  4''  is 


Robert  LekpreuiMs  Dated  JVor/cs.  225 

blank.     There  is  no  paging,  but  the  tract  has  both  catchwords  and 
signatures. 

Only  one  copy  known,  which  is  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge— pressmark,  vi''-  7.  20  (vi.). 

LAEtll  C  API^ 

LVPI    MANTVANI 

CBKTO   BX  VEHCILIO 

BBVITAHONACHOftVlli 


IkOBlRTVU     KEBPRBYIg^ 


A»JtO       l}6j^ 


'565  Laelii  Capilvpi  Mantvani  Cento,  &c.,  as  in  facsimile. 

51-  A  quarto  of  eight  leaves,  printed  in  roman  type,  with  signatures 

A  and  B,  four  leaves  each.  The  titlepage  occupies  the  recto  of  the 
first  folio,  the  verso  is  blank.  The  second  folio,  pp.  [2],  contains  the 
dedication — "Magnifico  |  ac  generoso  loan-  |  ni  Michaelio  Pa-  |  tritio 
Veneto.  |  Paulus  Gerardus.  S.P.D.  |  "  A  3— B  4,  pp.  [12],  Cento. 
There  is  neither  paging,  catchwords,  nor  head-line. 

E  E 


2  26  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works.  » 

The  author  of  this  tract,  Lelio  Capilupi,  brother  of  Camillo  and 
Ippolito  Capilupi,  was  born  at  Mantua  on  the  19th  December,  1498, 
and  died  in  the  same  city  on  3rd  January,  1560.  It  was  his  fancy  to 
apply  the  verses  of  Virgil  to  subjects  which  the  author  of  the  ^neid 
never  dreamt  of  His  Cento  was  printed  at  Venice  in  1543,  and 
again  in  1556  ;  and  a  third  edition  at  Rome  in  1573.  A  nephew  of 
Lelio,  Julio  Capilupi,  did  the  same  sort  of  work,  and  dedicated  a 
cento  of  Virgilian  verses  to  Philip  II. 

The  only  copy  known  of  Lekpreuik's  edition  of  Lelio's  Cento  is 
in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge — -pressmark,  vi^'-j.  20 
(v.).     The  references  to  the  fragments  of  Virgil,  which  have  been 
worked  up  into  a  continuous  poem,  are  given  in  the  margin. 

1566  The  Actis  And  Con-   |   stitutiounis  of  the  Realme  of  Scotland 

52.  maid  in  Parliamentis  haldin  |  be  the  rycht  excellent,  hie  and  mychtie 
Princeis  Kingis  lames  the  |  First,  Secund,  thrid,  Feird,  Fyft,  and  in 
tyme  of  Marie  now  Quene  |  of  Scottis,  viseit,  correctit,  and  extractit 
furth  of  the  Registers  be  the  |  Lordis  depute  be  hir  Maiesteis 
speciall  commissioun  thairto.  |  Anno.  Do.  1566.  | 

Folio.  The  title,  in  seven  lines,  is  placed  over  the  large  cut  of 
the  royal  arms  used  in  the  Acts  of  1565,  described  above.  On  the 
reverse  is  "The  Ouenis  Grace  Privilege  grantit  for  Imprenting  of 
hir  Maiesteis  Lawis  and  actis  of  Parliamentis,"  in  twenty-nine  lines, 
the  last  eleven  of  which  are  lessening.  The  following  leaf,  signed 
+  ii,  contains  "  Ovr  Soverane  Ladyis  Commissiovn  for  viseing, 
correcting,  and  Imprenting  of  the  Lawis  and  actis  of  Parliamentis." 
The  third  leaf,  signature  +iij,  is  occupied  with  "The  Preface  to  the 
y-  Redar,"  signed  If  Ed.  Henrison.  +4  is  blank.  Twelve  leaves,  with 
signatures  aj  to  ciij  (C4  wanting,  probably  blank),  arc  filled  with  "The 
tabill  of  the  Actis,"  on  21  pages;  ciij"^  is  blank,  after  which  is  the  body 
of  the  work  on  181  folios,  bearing  signatures  from  Aij  to  Z31  in  fours. 


Robert  Lekprcuik's  Dated  Works.  227 

Ai  and  Z-^ij  wanting,  probably  blank.  On  the  verso  of  folio  clxxxi 
is  the  colophon— "  Cvm  Privilegio  |  Ad  Decennivm.  |  C  Imprentit 
at  Edinburgh  |  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  the.  xij.  day  of  October  the 
-^eir  of  I  God  ane  thousand  fyue  hundreth  thre  scoir  sax  ^eiris.  |  " 
Printed  in  black-letter. 

Before  many  copies  of  the  work  had  time  to  fmd  their  way  into 
private  hands,  the  remainder  of  the  impression  underwent  several 
important  alterations,  so  that  the  volume  as  it  originally  left  Lek- 
preuik's  press  is  very  rare  indeed,  while  the  altered  copies,  which 
bear  the  date  of  28th  November,  1566,  are  common  enough.*  The 
changes  had  evidently  been  made  with  a  view  to  get  rid  of  certain 
acts  of  King  James  V.  and  Queen  Mary,  relating  to  the  upholding 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  religion — no  doubt  considered  obnoxious  by 
the  reformers — which  are  found  occupying  folios  113,  118,  133,  and 
145  of  the  volume  as  it  originally  stands.  Folio  133,  which  contained 
six  acts,  has  been  entirely  withdrawn,  and  no  leaf  inserted  in  its  place; 
and  the  other  leaves  have  been  reprinted  in  such  a  way  that,  by  a 
re-arrangement  of  the  matter,  the  gaps  left  by  the  removal  of  the 
cancelled  acts  are  not  apparent.  Folio  181  has  been  reprinted,  the 
colophon  being  withdrawn  from  it,  and  a  new  act  introduced.  A 
terminal  numbered  leaf — Fol.  clxxxii — has  been  added,  which  contains 
a  notice  to  the  reader,  informing  him  that  "sum  faultis  ar  eschapit  in 
the  'Prenting,  quhair  of  aduertisment  and  correctioun  followis,"  and 
bearing  at  the  bottom  a  new  colophon,  below  which  is  a  broad  black 
and  white  band. 

Besides  these,  several  other  changes  are  observable,  and  as  it 
is  important  in  a  bibliographical  sense  that  these  should  be  well 
determined,  we  shall  point  them  out. 

*  "The  saklis  actis,  imprinted  be  ye  said  Lekprevitc,  war  coft  fra  liim  in  albis,  iinbimd,  be  umq" 
Mr.  James  Makgill  of  Nayir  Ranl;eloure,  Clerk  of  Register  for  the  tyme,  and  for  the  maist  part  war 
clistroyed,  sua  that  within  schort  space  therefter,  few  or  nane  could  be  fundin  gettabill  to  buy  and  sell 
thareof  be  the  lieges." — From  Bysset's  Rolnient  of  Coiir/es,  MS.,  mentioned  by  Dr.  Leyden  in  the 
preliminary  Dissertation  prefixed  to  "The  Complaynt  of  Scotland." 


2  28  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

I  St.  The  titlepage  and  its  reverse  have  been  reprinted,  so  that 
the  new  title  has  only  six  lines,  and  the  Privilege  tiventy-seven  long 
lines.  The  arrangement  of  the  new  title  is  as  follows: — "The 
Actis  And  Con-  |  stitutiounis  of  the  Realme  of  Scotland  maid  in 
Parliamentis  haldin  |  be  the  rycht  excellent  hie  &  mychtie  Princeis 
kingis  lames  the  First,  |  Secund,  Thrid,  Feird,  Fyft,  and  in  tyme  of 
Marie  now  Quene  of  |  Scottis,  viseit,  correctit,  and  extractit  furth  of 
the  Registers  be  the  |  Lordis  depute  be  speciall  commissioun  thairto. 
Anno.  Do.  1566.  |  "  In  the  original  issue  the  Privilege  is  granted 
by  the  "  Quenis  Grace "  only,  and  begins  "  Marie  be  the  grace  of 
God  Quene  of  Scottis  "  ;  the  second  bears  to  be  granted  by  "  The 
King  and  Quenis  Grace,"  and  commences  "  Henrie  and  Marie  be 
the  grace  of  God  King  and  Quene  of  Scottis." 

2nd.  The  third  folio — signature  +iii. — has  undergone  at  least 
one  alteration,  for  while  the  original  copy  bears  the  signature  of 
"  Ed.   Henrison,"  the  second  has  "  Edward   Henrison." 

3rd.  In  the  Table  of  Contents,  signatures  biiii.  and  cj.  have 
been  reprinted  in  order  to  withdraw  from  them  the  headings  or 
titles  of  the  cancelled  acts. 

4th.  Folios  113,  118,  132,  145,  and  181  have  been  reprinted  with 
a  new  arrangement  of  matter. 

5th.  One  leaf  following  folio  145,  two  leaves  following  folio  158, 
two  leaves  following  folio  168,  and  one  terminal  leaf  following  folio 
181,  have  been  introduced. 

6th.   Folio  133  has  been  removed  altogether. 

With  the  exception  of  the  terminal  leaf,  which  is  numbered  Fol. 
clxxxii.,  the  interpolated  leaves  are  not  numbered,  although  they 
have  the  contraction  Fol.  like  the  rest  of  the  leaves.  An  examination 
of  a  copy  while  in  the  binder's  hands  showed  that  these  additional 
leaves  were  merely  pasted  on  narrow  slips  of  paper. 

The  colophon  in  the  second  issue  is  different  from  that  of  the 


Robert  Lekpreuilc  s  Dated  Works.  229 

first,  ;ind  reads  thus: — "  Cvm  Privilegio  ]  Ad  Decennivm.  |  C  Im- 
prentit  at  Edinburgh  |  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  the.  xxviij.  day  of 
Nouember,  the  ^eir  |  of  God  ane  thousand  fyue  hundreth  thre  scoir 
sax  -^eiris.  |  " 

The  late  Dr.  David  Laing  possessed  a  copy  of  the  Acts  with 
the  title  in  seven  lines  and  the  reverse  blank,  i.e.,  the  Privilege  was 
awanting.  Yet  the  colophon  was  dated  28th  November.  We  have 
also  seen  copies  having  the  title  in  seven  lines,  the  Privilege  in 
twenty-nine  lines,  and  all  the  other  alterations  noted,  together  with 
the  date  28th  November.  It  therefore  follows  that  the  original 
titlepage  was  allowed  to  remain  in  some  copies  which  otherwise 
underwent  alterations.  Two  copies  are  in  the  British  Museum,  one 
of  them  (pressmark,  C.  15.  b.  11.)  having  been  richly  bound  for 
Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  with  her  Arms  on  the  cover ;  the  other  copy 
— pressmark,  509.  g.  19.  (i.) — wants  the  Preface  and  the  "  Com- 
missioun."  The  first  mentioned,  or  Royal  copy,  although  it  has  the 
title  in  seven  lines,  and  the  Privilege  in  twenty-nine  lines,  yet 
contains  the  reprinted  Preface,  several  folios  of  the  second  issue, 
and  the  colophon  dated  28th  November.  The  second  copy  is  purely 
a  re-issue.  A  very  fine  copy  of  the  first  issue,  unmixed,  is  in  the 
Bodleian  Library  (pressmark,  MM.  2"'^'-  Sen  19.  Jur.),  and  in  the 
.same  library  is  another  copy  (MM.  2"''-  Ser.  18.  Jur.)  of  first  and 
second  issues,  mixed.  The  prefatory  matter  belongs  to  the  first 
issue,  but  the  Acts  bear  evidence  of  frequent  cancellings,  as  may  be 
be  seen  from  the  following  collation  : — Fol.  [2]-xv.,  xiiii.,  xvii.-cxii. 
(folio  113  has  been  cut  out,  and  replaced  by  new  folio  cxiii.),  cxiiii.- 
cxvii.  (folio  118  has  been  cut  out,  and  replaced  by  new  folio  cxviii.), 
cxix.-c.xxxi.  (folios  132-133  cut  out,  replaced  by  new  folio  cxxxii.), 
cxxxiiii.-cxliiii.  (folio  145  cut  out,  and  replaced  by  two  new  folios, 
one  marked  cxlv.,  and  one  not  numbered),  cxlvi.-clviii.,  then  two  new 
folios  (one  signed    Rr  iii.,   and  one  neither  signed   nor  numbered), 


230  Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  Works. 

clix.-clxviii.,  then  two  new  folios  not  numbered,  the  first  signed  Vv.  ; 
clxix.-clxxx.  ;  the  last  two  leaves — clxxxi.-ij. — are  of  the  second 
impression. 

There  are  also  copies  in  Lambeth  Palace  Library,  Advocates' 
Library,  and  the  University  Library,   Edinburgh. 

1566  Rudlmenta  Artis  Grammaticae  per  Jo.  Vaus  Scotvm  Selecta. 

53.  Edinbvrgi  Excudebat  Robertas  Lekpreuik.     Anno  Do.  1566. 
Quarto.     Mentioned  in  M'Crie's   "  Life  of  Knox,"  1855,  page  3. 

This  is  probably  a  reprint  of  one  of  the  grammatical  works  of  Vaus 
which  were  first  published  abroad.  His  earliest  work  was  a 
commentary  on  the  Doctrinall  or  rythmical  elements  of  the  Latin 
Grammar  of  Alexandrinus,  printed  by  Badius  Ascensius  in  1522.* 
The  first  edition  of  the  Rudiments  is  not  known,  but  the  second 
bears  date  1531,  and  is  from  the  press  of  Ascensius.  Another 
edition  was  printed  in  1553,  at  Paris,  by  Robert  Masselin.  See 
Cosmo  Innes's  "Sketches  of  Early  Scottish  History,"  p.  271,  who, 
however,  omits  to  mention  this  Edinburgh  edition  of  Vaus's 
Rudiments. 

1566  The    I    Ordovr   |    And     Doctrine   |    Of    The    Generall    |    Paste, 

54.  Appointed  |  be  the  Generall  As-  |  semblie  of  the  |  Kirkes  of  | 
Scotland,  |  halden  at  Edinburgh  the  25.  |  day  of  December.  1565.  | 
ii^  *  =^1  I  loel.  2.  I  Therefore  also  now  the  Lord  |  sayeth,  Turne 
yow  vnto  me  with  |  all  your  heart,  and  with  Fasting,  &  |  with 
weaping,  and  with  nuirning.  | 

Imprinted  At  Edinbvrgh  |  Be  Robert  Lekprevik  |  Anno.  Dom. 
1566.  1 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging.  There 
are  catchwords  on   the  verso  of  each  leaf,  and   signatures  A — G**. 

*  Chalmeis"  ^^  Life  of  Rtiddiniaii^'  p.  7. 


j; 


Robert  Lekpreiiilcs  Dated  JVor/cs.  231 

The  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  are  signed.  A  i  Title  (within 
a  heavy  black  border,  having  oblique  slashes  in  it),  verso  blank, 
A2— FS'-^  "The  Superintendentes,  &c.,"  F  8'^  blank,  G  1—7^  "The 
Svperintendentes  ...  to  the  Ministers,"  G  8  is  blank.  A  full  page 
has  twenty-six  lines.      Lekpreuik  reprinted  this  work  in  1574. 

Two  copies  are  preserved  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1567  Foirm  Na  |  Nvrrnvidheadh  Agas  |  freasdal  na  Sacramuinteadh, 

55.  agas  foirceadul  |  an  chreidimh  christuidhe  andso  sios.  Mar  | 
ghnathuighear  an  eagluisibh  alban  doghrad-  |  huigh  agas  doghlac 
soisgel  dileas  de  tareis  |  an  fhuar  chreidimh  dochur  ar  gcul  ar  na  | 
dtarraing  as  laidin,  &  as  gaillbherla  in  gao-  |  idheilg  le  M.  Seon 
Carsuel  Ministir  |  Eagluise  De  agcriochaibh  earra-  |  gaoidheal  darab 
comhainm  |  easbug  iiidseadh  gall :  |  Ni  heidir  le  henduine,  fundamuint 
oile  do  ]  tsuidhiughadh  acht  anfhundamuint  ata  ar  |  na  suighiughadh. 
I.  losa  Criosd.  |  i  Cor.  3.  | 

H  Dobuaileadh  so  agcl6  indun  Edin  darab  |  comhainm  dun  mon- 
aidh  an.  24.  la  don  ]  mhis  Aipril.  1567,  |  Le  Roibeard  Lekprevik.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords  and  signatures,  A — P^  O^.  Four  leaves  of  each  sheet 
are  signed— H,  H  2,  H  3,  H  4,  and  four  leaves  unsigned.  Ai  Title, 
verso  blank,  A  2=^  Dedication,  A  2'' — 62^  Epistle  Dedicatory,  62'' — 5^ 
To  the  Reader,  B  5''  Hymn,  B  6 — O  4^  Confession  of  our  Faith,  &c. 
O  5=^  Colophon—"  Do  Bvaile  |  Adh  So  Agclo  An  |  Dvn  Edin  Le 
Ro-  I  ibeart  Lekprevik,  |  24.  Aprilis.  1567.  |  Q  6  is  wanting,  but 
was  probably  blank. 

This  is  a  translation  into  Gaelic  of  Knox's  Liturgy,  or  Book  of 
Common  Order,  by  John  Carswell,  Bishop  of  the  Isles,  who  adapted 
it  in  some  measure  to  meet  the  circumstances  and  manners  of  the 
Highland  people,  to  whose  traditionary  songs,  &c.,  some  interesting 
allusions  are  found  in  the  preface.      It  is  the  first  book  printed  in 


232  Robert  Lekpretdk s  Dated  Works. 

Gaelic,  and  is  dedicated  to  Arcliibald,  Earl  of  Argyll,  whose  noble 
descendants  possess  the  only  perfect  copy  of  this  small  but  rare  work. 
A  reprint,  with  a  translation  into  English,  and  the  addition  of  a 
valuable  introduction  and  notes,  was  made  in  1873  by  the  Rev. 
Thomas  McLauchlan,  LL.D.,  the  famous  Celtic  schcJar. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum  which  wants  titlepage, 
and  sigs.  Dviii.,  Ei.,  Gi — iii.,  viii.,  and  Oi — ii.  In  addition  to  these 
defects  two  leaves,  Aii  and  Bi,  are  mutilated  (pressmark,  C.  36.  a.  16.). 
Of  the  other  two  copies  known,  that  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Argyll 
is  perfect ;  the  third  copy,  wanting  several  leaves,  is  in  Edinburgh 
University  Library. 

1567  C  Heir  followis  the  Proclamatioun  |  that  the  Nobilitie  and  Lordis 

56.  maid  at  the  Croce  of  Edinburgh  the  xj.  day  |  of  lunij  1567.  declaring 
the  effect  of  thair  assemblie  in  Armour.  | 

[End]  Subscriuit  with  our  |  handis  at  the  Cannagait  the.  xj.  day 

of  lunij.  Anno  Do.  1567.  ] 

C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  | 

Broadsheet,   folio,  printed  in  black-letter.       Two  copies  of  this 

proclamation  are  known,  both  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 

Vol.  XIII.,  54,  55. 

1567  €1  Heir  followis  ane  act  that  the  |  Lordis  of  Secreit  counsall  maid 

57.  in  the  Tolbuith  of  Edinburgh  the  xij.  day  |  of  lunij.  1567.  declaring 
lames  Erie  Bothwell  to  be  the  principall  |  authour  and  murtherar  of 
the  Kingis  grace  of  gude  memorie  |  and  rauysing  of  the  Ouenis 
Maiestie.  | 

[End]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.    1567.  | 
Broadsheet,   folio,   printed  in   black-letter.     Two  copies   known, 
both  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xiii.,  56,  57. 


Robert  Lekpreiiik' s  Dated  Works.  233 

1567  Heir   followis    ane    proclamation  |  That    the    Lordis   of   Secrcit 

ScS.    Counsall  maid  the  xxvj.  day  of  lunij.    1567.  | 

[End]  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  |  Robert  Lekpreuik.  Anno 
Do.  1567.  I 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.     This  is  a  proclamation 

for  the  apprehension  of  the  Earl  of  Bothwell,  commencing  "Forsa- 

mekle  as  the  Lordis  of  Secreit  counsall  and  vthers  of  the  Nobilitie." 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1567  Heir   followis    the    testament    and   tragedie    of  ]  vmquhile    King 

59.    Henrie  Stewart  of  gude  memorie.  | 

A  broadside  of  sixteen  twelve-line  stanzas,  in  three  columns,  with 
the  colophon — "  Imprentit  at  |  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  | 
Anno  Do.  1567.  |  " 

This  is  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  ballads  of  Robert  Sempill,  or 
Semple,  a  versifier  who  about  this  period  produced  a  great  number 
of  ephemeral  pieces,  several  of  which  were  printed  in  black-letter  by 
Lekpreuik  at  Edinburgh,  Stirling,  and  St.  Andrews — some  with  and 
some  without  dates.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  related  to  Lord 
Robert  Sempill,  and  some  writers  have  even  confounded  him  with 
that  nobleman  ;  but  we  have  really  no  authentic  knowledge  of  his 
family  connections.  From  certain  apparently  personal  allusions  he 
makes  in  one  of  his  poems — "  The  Sege  of  Edinburgh  Castle  " — 
he  is  believed  to  have  been  a  soldier,  and  to  have  been  engaged  as 
one  of  the  besiegers  of  that  citadel  in  1573.  That  he  was  a  zealous 
reformer,  an  espouser  of  the  king's  side,  and  an  ardent  admirer  of 
the  Earl  of  Murray,  may  easily  be  gathered  from  his  compositions, 
many  of  which  are  dolorous  laments  for  the  loss  of  the  Good  Regent. 

A  collection  of  Robert  Semple's  poems  was  published  in  1872  by 
Mr.  T.  G.  Stevenson,  of  Edinburgh,  who  has  been  at  great  pains  to 
bring  together  as  many  of  the  author's  compositions  as  are  known. 

F  F 


234  Robert  Lekpreziiks  Dated  Works. 

Thirty-eight  pieces  in  all  have  been  collected  :  principally  from  the 
original  printed  copies  found  in  different  libraries,  and  partly  from 
manuscript  sources. 

A  copy  of  the  above  described  broadside  is  in  the  British  Museum, 
Cottonian,  Caligula,  C.  i.  17.  It  is  reprinted  in  Dalyell's  "Scottish 
Poems  of  the  i6th  Century." 

1567  C  Heir  followis  ane  Exhortatioun  to  the  Lordis  | 

60.  Another  early  poem  by  Semple,  consisting  of  nineteen  octave 
stanzas,  bearing  to  have  been  "  Imprentit  at  |  Edinburgh  be  Robert 
Lekpreuik.  |  Anno  Do.  1567.  |  "  The  original  is  a  broadside,  folio, 
printed  in  black-letter,  and  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 
Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  XIII.,  62. 

1 567  ane  deeclaratioun  {sic)  of  the  Lordis  iust  quarrell.  | 

61.  A  poem,  by  Robert  Semple,  of  thirty-four  seven-line  stanzas, 
commencing : — 

Not  lang  ago  as  I  allone  did  walk, 

Intill  ane  place  was  pleasand  to  behauld : 

Twa  leirnit  men  in  privie  I  hard  talk, 

And  eich  of  thame  his  taill  in  ordoure  tauld. 
Printed  in  black-letter  as  a  broadside,  measuring  isfxQj  in.  The 
verses  are  arranged  in  three  columns.  The  first  column  contains 
eleven  complete  stanzas,  and  four  lines  of  the  twelfth  ;  the  second 
column  has  three  lines  of  the  twelfth  stanza,  and  eleven  complete 
ones ;  the  third  column  has  eleven  complete  stanzas,  below  which  is 
"  Finis.  I  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno  Do. 

1567-  I  " 

The  originals  are  in  the  British  Museum,  Roxburgh  Ballads, 
Vol.  II.,  569,  and  Cottonian,  Caligula,  C.  i.  10. 


Robert  Lekpreiiik' s  Dated  Works.  235 

A  third  copy,  but  of  another  issue,  is  in  the  Public  Record 
Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xiv.,  'ji.  The  second  word  of  the  title  reads 
"declaration,"  and  the  sign  C  is  placed  before  Imprentit. 

1567  Heir  followis  ane  Ballat  declaring  the  |  Nobill  and  gude  inclina- 

62.  tioun  of  our  King.  | 

[End]   Imprentit  at  |  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  1567.  | 
Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.       Another  of  Semple's 
ballads,  arranged  in  three  columns,  commencing  : — 
To  Edinburgh  about  vj.  houris  at  morne, 
As  I  was  passand  pansand  out  the  way 
Ane  bony  boy  was  soir  makand  his  mone. 
His  sory  sang  was  oche  and  wallaway. 
That  euer  I  sould  byde  to  se  that  day, 

Ane  King  at  euin  with  Sceptur,  sword,  and  Crown, 
At  morne  bot  ane  deformit  lumpe  of  clay. 
With  tratouris  Strang  sa  cruellie  put  downe. 
The  original  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xiii.,  47. 

1568  The  Actis  Of  Parliament  [  of  the  maist  hie,  maist  excellent,  and 

63.  michtie  Prince,  and  our  Souerane  Lord  |  lames  the  sext,  be  the 
grace  of  God,  King  of  Scottis,  begun  and  haldin  at  Edinburgh,  the 
XV.  day  |  of  Decemb.  The  jeir  of  God,  ane  thousand,  fyue  hundreth 
Ixvii.  ^eir.  Be  our  said  Souerane  Lor-  |  dis  derrest  cousing  &  Vncle 
lames  Erie  of  Murray,  Lord  Abirnethie  &c.  Reget  to  our  Souerane  | 
Lord,  his  Realme  and  Leigis.  Togidder  with  the  Prelatis,  Erlis, 
Barronis,  Commissioneris  of  |  Burrowis.  specialie  comperand  in  the 
said  Parliament,  as  the  thre  estatis  of  this  Realme.  The  |  saidis 
actis  being  oppinlie  red,  concludit  and  votit  in  the  said  Parliament, 
to  remane  as  perpe-  |  tuall  lawis  to  the  Subiectis  of  this  Realme  in 
all.  tymes  cuming.  | 


236  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  (recto  only),  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — F4.  The  title,  in  nine  lines,  is  placed  over  the 
large  woodcut  of  the  royal  arms  of  Scotland,  already  referred  to. 
The  reverse  is  blank.  Besides  the  title  there  are  twenty-three 
numbered  folios,  and  two  pages  of  a  Tabill,  F  r^ — 4^  ;  F  4''  is  blank. 
The  Confession  of  Faith  of  the  Reformed  Church  is  here  printed 
and  published  officially  as  an  act  of  parliament  for  the  first  time. 
It  occupies  five  leaves — folios  ^  to  10^ — and  is  printed  in  smaller 
type  than  the  rest  of  the  text.  At  the  end  is  the  colophon  : — 
"  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  |  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  Prentar  to  the 
Kingis  Maiestie,  the  |  vj.  day  of  Aprill,  the  -^eir  of  God  ane  thousand 
fyue  hundreth  [  thre  scoir  aucht  ^eiris.  ] 

This  is  the  earliest  book  to  which  Lekpreuik  affixes  his  newly- 
acquired  title  of  King's  Printer,  a  position  to  which  he  was  appointed 
for  the  space  of  twenty  years  by  a  letter  under  the  Privy  Seal  in 
January,  1567-8.  Whether  he  retained  the  office  for  any  length  of 
time  we  do  not  know,  but,  besides  the  book  at  present  under 
consideration,  we  find  him  styling  himself  King's  Printer  on  only 
two  other  productions,  viz. : — two  Proclamations,  printed,  the  one 
in    1568,  and  the  other  in   1570. 

Two  copies  of  the  Acts  of  1568  are  in  the  British  Museum,  one 
slightly  mutilated — pressmark,  709.  h,  10. — the  other  wanting  title- 
page — pressmark,  509.  g.  22.  (i.). 

The  Acts  were  reprinted  by  Lekpreuik  in  1575. 

1568  Ane    Breve    Des-  |  criptiovn    Of    The    Pest   |  Quhair    In    The 

64.  Cavsis,  Signis  ]  and  sum  speciall  preseruatioun  and  |  cure  thairof 
ar  contenit.  |  Set  furth  be  Maister  Gilbert  |  Skcyne,  Doctoure  in 
Medicine,  j 

Imprentit    At    Edinbvrgh  |  Be    Robert    Lekprevik,  |  Anno    Do. 
1568.  I 


Robert  Lekpreuik" s  Dated  Works.  237 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A — C^.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank,  A  2 — 
€7^  the  work,  C 7'^  blank,  C8  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 
This  little  octavo  tract  is  the  first  medical  treatise  printed  in 
Scotland.  It  contains,  besides  an  address  "To  the  Redar,"  eight 
chapters  concerning  the  Pest,  a  disease  terribly  fatal  in  Edinburgh 
in  1568,  when  2,500  people  are  said  to  have  died  of  it.  During  the 
worst  three  months  of  that  visitation,  George  Bannatyne,  a  young 
member  of  a  Forfarshire  house,  quitted  the  city,  and  secluded 
himself  in  the  family  residence  near  Newtyle.  He  betook  himself 
most  vigorously  to  transcribing  a  large  mass  of  Scottish  poetry ; 
and,  as  his  800  closely  written  folio  pages  have  fortunately  come 
down  to  our  time,  he  was  the  means  of  preserving  a  great  amount 
of  our  early  poetical  literature,  which  otherwise  might  never  have 
been  heard  of  Besides  the  vast  collection  which  his  industry 
compiled,  he  adds  some  of  his  own  compositions,  and  concludes 
his  task  with  the  following  lines,  headed  "  The  Wry  tar  to  the 
Redare  "  : — 

Heir  endis  this  buik,  written  in  tyme  of  pest, 
Quhen  we  fra  labor  was  compeld  to  rest, 
Into  the  thre  last  monethis  of  this  -^eir, 
From  our  Redemaris  birth,  to  knaw  it  heir, 
Ane  thowsand  is,  ffyve  hundreth,  thre  scoir  awcht : 
Of  this  purpois  na  mair  it  neidis  be  tawcht. 
Swa,  till  conclude,  God  grant  ws  all  gude  end, 
And  eftir  deth  eternal  lyfe  ws  send. 
In  commemoration  of  the  valuable  legacy  which  the  author  of  these 
lines  bequeathed  to  posterity,  the  well-known,  although  now  defunct, 
Bannatyne  Club  was  founded. 

The  author  of  this  little  tract  on  the  Pest  was  Mr.  Gilbert  Skene, 
fifth  son  of  James  Skene  of  Westercorse.     He  studied   medicine, 


238  Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  Works. 

and,  having  obtained  the  degree  of  doctor  in  that  faculty,  was 
appointed  in  1536  to  the  office  of  mediciner  in  King's  College, 
Aberdeen.  He  removed  to  Edinburgh  in  1575,  and  practised  as  a 
doctor  in  that  city  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1599.  His  tract 
on  the  Pest  was  reprinted  in  i860  for  the  members  of  the  Bannatyne 
Club. 

1568  ane    proclamatioun    anent    the  |  tressonable    Conspiratouris    and 

65.  trublaris    of  the    tranquillitie    of  the    commoun    welth    now  |  laitlie 
assemblit  aganis  the  Kingis  grace  authoritie.  | 

[End]  At  Glasgow  the  .  vij.  day  of  |  Maij.  1568.  and  of  our 
Regne  the  first  -eir.  | 

C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  Prentar  to  the 
Kingis  Maiestie.  | 

This  is  a  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter,  issued  by  Regent 
Murray  in  the  name  of  the  infant  king  a  few  days  after  it  was 
known  that  Queen  Mary  had  escaped  from  her  confinement  in 
Lochleven  Castle,  and  had  been  joined  by  a  vast  body  of  the 
disaffected  nobles  and  their  followers  at  Hamilton.  The  proclama- 
tion is  an  appeal  from  the  Regent  to  all  the  supporters  of  the  royal 
authority  to  join  him  at  Glasgow,  armed  as  required  by  their  feudal 
duty.  His  demand  was  met  by  the  congregation  of  a  number  of 
his  friends,  who,  within  a  week,  overcame  Mary's  army  at  Langside, 
an  event  which  decided  the  fate  of  the  dethroned  queen. 

There  are  three  copies  of  this  print  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 
Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  XV.,  12,  13,  14,  and  there  is  also  a  copy  in  the 
British  Museum,  Cottonian,  Caligula,  C.  i.  56. 

1568  ane  Proclamatioun  set  furth  be  my  Lord  |  Regent,  in  the  Name 

66.  of  our  Souerane  Lord,  declaring  the  purpose  of  ihame  quha  assistit  | 
with  our  Souerane  Lordis  Mother.  &c.  I 


Robert  Lckprcuilcs  Dated  Works.  239 

[End]  Iniprcntit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Prentar  to 
the  Kingis  Maiestie.    Anno.  Do.  M.D.LXVIII.  | 

This  is  another  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter.  There  is  a 
copy  in  the  British  Museum,  Cottonian,  Caligula,  C.  i.  60,  and 
another  copy,  imperfect,  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 
Vol.  XIV.,  75. 

1569  The  I  Ordovre    Of  |  Excommvnicatiovn    And  ]  Of   Pvblict    Re- 

67.  pentance,  |  vsed  in  the  Church  of  Scotland,  and  |  commanded  to  be 
prented  by  |  the  generall  Assemblie  of  |  the  same,  in  the  Mo-  j  neth 
of  lunij,  1569.  I  [Small  triangular  cut.] 

Prentid  At  Edinbvrgh  |  Be  Robert  Lekprevik.  |  Anno.  1569.  | 

This  is  a  small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  type,  signed  A — D^  E^. 
There  is  no  paging,  but  there  are  catchwords  and  signatures.  A  i 
Title,  verso  commences  the  Ordoure.  The  Order  of  Excommunica- 
tion ends  on  D  2,  and  is  followed  by  "  The  forme  and  ordour  of  the 
election  of  the  Superintendent,  which  may  serue  in  electioun  of  all 
vther  Ministers.  At  Edinburgh,  the  9.  of  Marche.  Anno.  1560. 
lohne  Knox  being  Minister."  Six  leaves,  the  last  page  is  blank. 
Then  follows  "  The  Electioun  of  Eldars  and  Deaconis  in  the  Church 
of  Edinburgh."     Four  leaves,  ending  on  signature  E  4s  E  4''  blank. 

The  date  Junij  on  the  titlepage  is  an  error  for  Julij,  the  General 
Assembly  having  met  at  Edinburgh  in  1569  on  the  5th  of  that  month. 

This  tract  is  of  such  rarity  that  only  one  copy  is  known.  It  is 
preserved  in  a  volume  of  early  Scotch  tracts  in  the  Archiepiscopal 
Library  at  Lambeth.  It  is  reprinted,  at  least  as  far  as  D  2,  in 
Knox's  Works,  Vol.  vi.,  pp.  447  et  seq.,  where  a  facsimile  of  the 
titlepage  is  given. 

Herbert,  in  his  edition  of  Ames'  "  Typographical  Antiquities," 
p.  1493,  mentions  an  edition  of  "The  Ordovre  Of  Excommvni- 
catiovn,"   dated    1571,    but    no  copy   bearing    that    year    is    known. 


240  Robert  Lekprctiik' s  Dated  Works. 

Dr.  Laing  was  under  the  impression  that  a  mistake  had  been  made 
in  the  date  (Knox's  Worlds,  Vol.  vi.,  p.  448). 


1570  [Beginning]  C  The  actis  and  |  Deidis  of  the  Illuster  and  Vail- 

68.    -^eand  Campi-  |  oun,  Schir  WilHam  Wallace,  |  Knicht  of  Ellerslie.  | 

[Colophon]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  at 
the  Expensis  of  Henrie  Charteris,  &  ar  to  be  |  sauld  in  his  Buith, 
on  the  North  syde  of  ye  gait  |  aboue  the  Throne.  Anno.  Do. 
M.D.LXX.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — Z^.  The  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet 
are  signed  A.j.,  A.ij.,  A.iij.,  A.iiij.;  the  last  four  are  not  signed.  In 
the  only  copy  known  there  is  no  titlepage,  the  work  beginning  on 
A.j.,  as  noted  above,  and  extending  over  184  leaves,  numbered  2-184, 
folio  2  being  on  A.ij.,  and  concluding  on  Z  8^  with  the  colophon  as 
given  above.  Z  S''  is  blank.  A  full  page  has  thirty-three  lines  of 
the  text.  The  copy  described  is  said  to  have  belonged  to  Queen 
Elizabeth,  and  is  now  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  39.  d. 
24.  If  we  except  the  fragments  mentioned  on  p.  81,  this  is  the 
earliest  edition  of  the  Blind  Minstrel's  celebrated  work. 


1570  The   Morall    Fabillis  |  of  Esope   the   Phrygi-  |  an,    Compylit   in 

69.    Eloquent,   and   Ornate   Scottis  |  Meter,   be   Maister  Robert  Henri- 

sone,    I  Scholemaister   of    Dun-   |   fcrmeling.   |   H   Dulcius    Arrident 

Seria  Picta  locis.  ]  1  Vt  Naufragij  leuamen   est   Portus,    Ita   Tran- 

quillitas  |  animi  seu  Jucunditas,  est  quasi  Vit?e  Portus.  | 

C  Newlie  Imprentit  |  at  Edinburgh,  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  at 
the  Ex-  I  pensis  of  Henrie  Charteris  :  and  ar  to  be  |  sauld  in  his 
Buith,  on  the  North  syde  |  of  the  gait,  abone  the  Throne.  |  Anno. 
Do.  M.D.LXX.  1 


Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works.  241 

This  is  a  small  quarto,  in  black-letter,  of  52  leaves,  having 
signatures  A — N4,  and  on  the  last  leaf  is  this  colophon,  dated,  it 
will  be  observed,  1569: — "C  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  Robert 
Lekpreuik,  at  the  Expensis  of  |  Henrie  Charteris,  the  xvi.  day  of 
Decern-  |  ber :  the  qeir  of  God  ane  thousand,  |  fyue  hundreth, 
thre  scoir,  |  Nyne  ^eiris.  | 

The  work  is  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords  and  signatures 
on  two  leaves  of  each  sheet,  and  two  unsigned.  Collation — Ai''  Title, 
i''  The  Taillis  contenit  in  this  present  Buke,  Aij — N4=i  The  Fabillis 
of  Esope,  N4''  is  blank.  The  only  copy  of  this,  the  earliest  printed 
edition  of  Henryson's  Moral  Fables  with  which  we  have  been  made 
acquainted,  is  in  the  library  at  Britwell.  See  Dr.  Laing's  "  Poems 
and  Fables  of  Robert  Henryson,"  1865. 

Besides  the  two  books  last  described,  we  know  of  Lekpreuik 
having  printed  for  Henry  Charteris  "  The  Actys  and  Life  of  Robert 
Bruce,"  in  157 1.  It  may  be  useful  to  explain  to  some  of  our  readers 
that  the  buith  or  shop  of  this  publisher  was  on  the  north  side  of  the 
High  Street,  above  or  westward  of  the  Weigh-house.  The  printer 
dwelt  in  the  Netherbow. 

1570  [Beginning]  "Apvd  Edinbvrgh  xxvii.  Die  Mensis  |  Decembris  . 

70.  Anno.  Do.  Millesimo  Qvingentesimo  |  Sexagesimo  Nono.  | 

A  Proclamation,  on  a  single  sheet  of  83  lines,  printed  in  black- 
letter,  except  3  first  and  last  lines  ;  beginning  "  Forsamekill  as  the 
contempt  of  the  kingis  maiesteis  authoritie,"  and  has  this  colophon 
at  the  foot — "Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Prentar 
to  the  Kingis  Maiestie  Anno.  Do.  1570.  |  God  Save  The  King.  | 
A  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  bound  up  in  a 
volume  of  Black  Acts,  C.  5.  36. 

1570  C  The  Kingis  Maiesteis  Proclamatioun  maid  [  at  Edinburgh  the 

71.  viij.  day  of  Maij    1570.   -^eiris.    Confuting  and  declaring  the  vaine, 

G  G 


242  Robert  LekpreuiM s  Dated  Works. 

vntrew,  and  colorat  |  pretensis  of  his  hienes  Rebellis  Conspiratouris 
aganis  his  Maiestie,  and  vsurparis  of  his  authoritie.  | 

[End]  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  Prenter  to 
the  Kingis  Maiestie.  1570.  | 

Broadside,  foHo,  of  three  sheets,  printed  in  black-letter.  A  copy 
is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

This,  doubtless,  is  the  Proclamation  "three  sides,  folio,"  noted  by 
Herbert  in  his  "Typographical  Antiquities,"  p.  1492. 

1570  C  The  answer  to  the  sclanderous   misreport  of  |  thame  that  be 

72.  seditious,  craftie,  and  fals  Narratioun  labouris  to  deface  the  Kingis 
Authoritie,  and  |  the  establisching  of  his  Regent.  | 

[End]  at  Linlithgow  the  fyft  day  of  August,  and  |  of  our  Regne 
the  Feird  ^eir.  1570.  |  C  God  Saue  the  King  |  Imprentit  at  Edin- 
burgh be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Prentar  to  the  Kingis  Maiestie.  Anno. 
Do.  M.D.LXX.  i 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter.  This  is  the  Proclama- 
tion quoted  at  length  by  Calderwood  in  his  "  History  of  the  Refor- 
mation," Vol.  III.,  p.  9,  concerning  the  Earl  of  Huntley's  calumnies 
against  the  Earl  of  Lennox.  The  originals  are  preserved  in  the 
Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xix.,   3,  4. 

1570  Ane  I  Tragedie  in  forme  |  of  ane  Diallog  be-  |  tuix  honour  gude  j 

73.  Fame,  and  the  Authour  heirof  |  in  ane  Trance.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  An.  Do.  1570.  | 

A  very  neatly  printed  small  octavo  of  eight  leaves,  black-letter, 

having  thirty-two  lines  to  a  full  page.     There  is  no  paging,  but  there 

are  catchwords  on  verso  of  the  leaves,  and  signature  Aij  is  on  the 

second  leaf.     A  i^  Title,  verso  blank,  Aij — 8  Ane  Tragedie. 

This  is  another  poetical  effusion  of  Robert  Sempill,  whose  muse 
found   ample  field   for  the  exercise  of  her  vocation  in  the  year  in 


Robert  Lckpreuilc  s  Dated  Works.  243 

which  the  Tragedie  was  printed.  The  murder  of  Regent  Murray, 
in  January,  forms  the  theme  of  most  of  Sempill's  poems,  the  majority 
of  which  were  issued  as  broadsides.  Their  circulation  must  have 
been  considerable,  as  the  subject  was  one  which  painfully  touched 
the  hearts  of  the  bulk  of  the  Scottish  people.  The  present  piece 
consists  of  398  lines,  followed  by  an  "  Epitaphe,"  in  three  octave 
stanzas,  ending  on  the  middle  of  the  verso  of  the  last  leaf  with 
".II.  Obiit.  XXIII.  lANVARii  .  ANNO  .  DO.  M.D.LXix,"  in  two  lines  of 
roman  capitals.  This  date  refers  to  the  day  on  which  the  Regent 
was  shot  (1569-70). 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1570  The   Deploratioun    of   the    Cruell    Murther   of    James   Erie  |  of 

74-  Murray,  vmquhile  Regent  of  Scotland,  togidder  with  ane  admoni- 
tioun  to  the  Hammiltounis  committaris  thairof,  and  to  all  |  thair 
Fortifearis,  mantenaris,  or  assistance,  with  ane  Exhortatioun  to  the 
Lordis  and  Nobilitie,  keiparis  |  and  defendaris  of  our  Kingis  Grace 
Maiestie.  | 

[End]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  |  Lekpreuik.    Anno 
Do.  1570.  I 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter.     A  ballad  of  twenty- 
eight  octave  stanzas,  commencing  : — 

"  Quhile  as  with  flesche  and  blude  we  go  about 
The  wondrous  warks  of  God  for  to  descriue." 
There  is  a  copy  in  the  Public    Record  Office,   Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol. 
xvii.,    17,   and  a  second   copy   is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  London,  same  as  above,  but  with  one  /  in  Cruel. 

1570  f[  The  Poysonit  Schot  | 

75.  Another  ballad   by  Sempill  on  the  murder  of  Regent   Murray. 

Printed   in   black-letter  as  a  large    broadside,    the    type    measuring 


244  Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  Works. 

14^  X  10  in.  There  are  twenty-four  stanzas  in  all,  arranged  in  three 
columns.  Two  columns  contain  eight  octave  stanzas  each,  and  the 
third  column  has  four  stanzas,  which  complete  the  ballad,  but  below 
the  last  verse  are  other  four  octave  stanzas  of  a  different  measure, 
entitled  "  Lenuoye." 

The  imprint  at  foot  is  as  follows  : — "  jK^  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh 
be  Robert  |  Lekpreuik.    Anno.  Do.  1570.  |  " 

The  originals  are  in  the  British  Museum,  Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol. 
III.,  I,  and  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

1570  The  Regentis  tragedie  ending  with  ane  exhortatoun.  | 

^6.  A  broadside,  the  type  of  which  measures  iif  X9  in.,  printed  in 

black-letter.  There  are  three  columns,  having  17  nine-line  stanzas, 
commencing : — 

"James  Erie  of  Murray,  Regent  of  Renoun, 
Now  lyis  deid  and  dulefullie  put  doun." 
followed  by  "The  Tragedeis  Lenuoy,"  in  six  octave  verses,  ending 
"  '^^  Finis.  I  E^  Quod  Robert  Sempill.  |  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh 
be  Robert  |  Lekpreuik.    Anno.  Do.  |  1570.  | 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum,  Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol. 
III.,  2,  and  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 
These  two  copies  are  identical.  A  third  copy,  to  all  appearance 
entirely  reset,  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xvii., 
16,  the  title  and  imprint  of  which  are  as  follows  : — 

The  Regentis  tragedie  ending  with  ane  Exhortatioun  | 
[End]    C  Finis.   |  ^^  Quod    Robert    Sempill.    |  C  Imprentit   at 
Edinburgh  be  |  Robert  Lekpreuik.  1570.  [ 

1 570  C  The  Cruikit  licdis  the  blinde  | 

17-  A  ballad  by  Sempill,  of  fifteen  six-line  stanzas,  commencing  : — 


Robert  Le/cpreuik' s  Dated  Works.  245 

"  This  warld  it  waghis  I  wat  not  how, 
And  na  man  may  ane  vther  trow  : 
And  euerie  man  dois  pluke  and  pow, 

And  that  the  pure  may  finde, 
Our  Court  it  is  decayit  now, 
The  cruikit  leidis  the  blinde." 
It  reviews  the  troubles  in  Scotland,  occasioned  by  the  murder  of  the 
Regent  Murray,  and  satirises  the  influence  possessed  by  the  Laird 
of  Lethington  over  the  Lords.      It  is  printed  in   black-letter  as  a 
broadside,  the  type  measuring  1 1  x  6|  in.,  in  two  columns.     At  foot 
is  "  iK^  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  |  Lekpreuik.    Anno.  Do. 
1570.  I  "       One    copy   of    the   original    is  in   the    British    Museum, 
Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol.  in.,  4,  and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  Public 
Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xvii.,   71. 

1570  C  The  admonitioun  to  the  Lordis  | 

78-  Another  of  Sempill's  ballads  on  the  murder  of  the  Regent.  It 
is  a  broadside  in  two  columns,  printed  in  black-letter,  the  type 
measuring  I2fx8  in.  Six  lines  measure  iJj-  in.  It  consists  of 
fourteen  octave  stanzas,  and  has  at  the  end  "1^'  Imprentit  at 
Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno.  Do.  LXX.  |  "  The 
original  is  in  the  British   Museum,   Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol.  in.,   5. 

Another  copy  of  this  ballad,  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  London,  is  of  a  different  issue  from  'the  British 
Museum  copy,  as  will  be  observed  from  the  title  and  colophon  : — 

^^  The    admonitioun  to  the    Lordis.  |      [End]  E^"  Imprentit. 
Anno.   Do.  |  .   1570.  | 

'570  Maddeis  Lamentatioun  | 

79-  A  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter,  in  two  columns.     There  are 
fifteen  octave  stanzas  in  the  ballad,  and  the  page  of  type  measures 


246  Robert  Lekpreiiik's  Dated  Works. 

iSTffXJiTr  in-  The  colophon  runs — "  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be 
Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Anno  Do.  1570.  |  "  It  is  by  Sempill  on  the 
murder  of  the  Regent,  and  is  preserved  in  the  British  Museum, 
Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol.   in.,   6. 

1570  C  The  Exhortatioun  to  all   plesand   thingis   quhairin  [  man   can 

80.  half  delyte  to  withdraw  thair  plesure  from  mankynde,  and  to  deploir 
the  the  [sic)  Cruell  Murther  of  vmquhile  |  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace.  | 

[End]  €1  Finis.  |  1^"  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  ]  Lek- 
preuik.   Anno.  Do.  1570.  [ 

Broadside,    folio,    printed   in   black-letter.     Another  of  Sempill's 
ballads,  of  nineteen  octave  stanzas,  commencing : — 
"  Ze  Montaines  murne,  -^e  valyis  vepe, 
Ze  clouds  and  Firmament, 
Ze  fluids  dry  vp,  je  seyis  so  depe, 
Deploir  our  lait  Regent." 
Two  copies  of  this  broadsheet  are  known — one  in  the  Public  Record 
Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xvii.,    18;    the  other  in  the   library  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

'570  S^  The  Spur  to  the  Lordis.  | 

81.  A  broadside,  of  fourteen  octave  stanzas,  without  place  or  printer's 
name,  but  undoubtedly  printed  by  Lekpreuik  at  Edinburgh.  It  is 
by  Sempill  on  the  death  of  the  Regent,  and  has  the  date  at  the  end 
as  follows: — "'^S^  Imprentit.    Anno  Do.  |  1570.  ] 

The  only  copy  known  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries of  London. 

1570  C  The  Bird  in  the  Cage  | 

82.  [End]  C  Finis.  |  WS'  Quod  Maddie  Priores  of  the  Caill  mercat.  | 
€1  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Anno.  Do. 
M.D.LXX.  I 


Robert  Lekpreui/i  s  Dated  Works.  247 

A  folio  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter.  The  ballad,  which  is 
another  severe  attack  upon  the  Laird  of  Lcthington,  is  attributed  to 
Robert  Sempill.  There  are  eleven  stanzas  of  seven  lines  each, 
commencing  : — ■ 

"A  Bailfull  bird  that  wantis  wingis  to  fle, 
Nureist  in  a  nest  richt  craftie  wylis  to  hatche," 
followed  by  "  The  Lenuoy  "  in  five  octave  stanzas. 

The  original  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 
Vol.  XVII.,  72. 

1570  C  The  hailsome  admonitioun  &c  | 

83.  [End]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno. 

Do.  M.D.LXX.  I 

Folio,  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter.      Another  of  Sempill's 
ballads,  in  eighteen  long-line  octave  stanzas.     The  "  admonitioun," 
which  is  addressed  to  the  Laird  of  Grange,  exhorting  him  to  support 
the  King,  and  to^revenge  the  murder  of  the  Regent,  commences  : — 
"  O  lamp  of  licht,  and  peirles  Peirll  of  pryse, 
O  kenely  Knicht  in  martiall  deidis  most  ding 
O  worthy  wicht  most  vail^eant  war  &  wyse, 
O  Capitane  ay  constant  to  the  King." 
The  original   is   in   the    Public   Record   Office,    Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol. 
XVII.,   Ti. 

1570  C  The  tressoun  of  Dunbartane  | 

M-  [End]  Finis.  ]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  | 

Anno  Do.  M.D.LXX.  | 

Folio,  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter.  A  ballad  by  Sempill  of 
thirteen  octave  stanzas.  The  writer  condemns  Lord  Fleming, 
Governor  of  Dumbarton  Castle,  for  his  conduct,  for  firing  on  Sir 
William    Drury    during   an    attempt    at    parley,    for   protecting   the 


248  Robert  Lekprcttik s  Dated  Works. 

Bishop  of  St.  Andrews  in  the  Castle,  &c.     The  ballad  commences — 
"In  Mayis  moneth,  mening  na  dispyte, 

Quhen  luiffaris  dois  thair  daylie  obseruance 
To  Venus  Ouene  the  Goddes  of  delyte, 
The  fyftene  day  befell  the  samin  chance." 
Two  copies  of  this  print  are  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.- 
Eliz.,   Vol.  XVIII.,   23,   24. 

1570  The  I  Confessioun  |  of  Maister  lohn   Kello  |  Minister  of  Spot, 

85.  togidder  with  his  ernist  |  Repentance  maid  upon  the  Scaffold  |  befoir 
his  suffering,  the  fourt  |  day  of  October  1570.  | 

Imprintit  At  Edinburgh  |  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  Anno  Do.  1570.  | 

A  small  octavo  of  eight  leaves,  measuring  5^^  x  3^  in.  It  is 
printed  in  roman  type,  and  the  leaves  are  signed  Ai,  Aij,  Aiij,  Aiiij, 
and  four  leaves  unsigned.  The  tract  ends  on  the  verso  of  the  eighth 
leaf— "  H  Finis." 

Dr.  Laing's  copy,  supposed  to  be  unique,  from  which  the  above 
description  is  taken,  sold  for  ^25. 

The  case  is  thus  given  in  Pitcairn's  Criminal  Trials  : — "  Murder, 
Oct.  4  (1570).  Mr.  Johnne  Kello,  Minister  of  Spot,  committar  of 
the  murthour  of  umquhile  Margaret  Thomesoune  his  spous  ;  com- 
mittet  be  him  within  his  awin  lugeing  in  the  toun  of  Spot  for  the 
tyme,  be  strangling  hir  with  ane  towale,  vpon  the  xxiiii  day  of 
September  last  by  past,  before  noyne.  Sentence.  For  the  quhilk 
he  was  adjugeit  to  doome  pronounceit,  to  be  hangit  to  the  deid,  and 
thaircftir  his  body  to  be  cassin  in  ane  fyre  and  brint  in  assis,  and  his 
gudis  and  geir  quhatsumeuir  (pertening  to  our  soueran  lord)  to  be 
confiscat." 

157'  The  Actys  and  Lyfe  of  Robert  Bruce  King  of  Scodand. 

86.  Imprentit  at  Edinbrugh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik,  at  the  Expensis  of 
Henrie  Charteris,  Anno  Do.  M.D.LXXI. 


Robert  Lekfireuik's  Dated  Works.  249 

Octavo,  measuring  6^  x  5  in.,  printed  in  black-letter.  Title,  i  leaf, 
Preface,  "To  the  Reidar,"  3  leaves.  Text,  sig.  A — Cc^  Dd4  four  leaves 
of  each  sheet  being  signed,  and  four  unsigned.  The  text  ends  on 
verso  of  Ddiij,  on  which  is  found  the  woodcut  referred  to  at  p.  179, 
and  which  we  shall  again  notice  on  "  Rauf  coil-^ear,"  see  p.  255. 
Dd  4  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  edition  was  in  the  possession  of 
Dr.  Laing,  at  whose  sale,  in  1879,  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  Quaritch 
for  ^142.  The  title  was  a  modern  print,  evidently  made  up  by 
Dr.  Laing  himself  Besides  the  title,  it  wanted  the  first  leaf  of  the 
Preface.  The  text  of  the  Preface  is  in  a  smaller  black-letter  than 
the  body  of  the  work.     The  complete  book  should  have  208  leaves. 

1571  ^^  hxift  Admoni-  |  tion  Direct  To  The  |  trew  Lordis  mantenaris 

87.    of  the  I  Kingis  Graces  Authoritie.  |  M.  G.  B.  | 

II  Imprentit  At  |  Striviling  Be  Robert  j  Lekprevik  :  [  Anno  Do.  | 
M.D.LXXI.  I 

Octavo,  sixteen  leaves,  printed  in  roman  type,  with  signatures 
A — -D-*.     The  verso  of  the  titlepage  is  blank. 

The  initials  on  the  title  are  those  of  Mr.  George  Buchanan,  the 
author  of  the  tract.  It  will  be  observed  that  this  piece  was  printed 
in  the  town  of  Stirling — or  Striviling,  as  it  was  then  named.  We 
have  explained  why  Lekpreuik  was  obliged  to  quit  Edinburgh  and 
proceed  to  Stirling,  where  the  Court  then  was.  He  must  have  been 
able  to  take  a  portion  of  his  printing  materials  with  him,  as  there  he 
printed  the  above,  and  one  or  two  other  small  tracts,  in  roman  type. 
In  1572  we  find  him  in  St.  Andrews,  where  his  press  was  actively 
employed,  the  characters  used  there  being  principally  black-letter. 

Lekpreuik  printed  two  editions  of  the  "  Admonition  "  at  Stirling 
in  1571;  and,  in  the  same  year,  it  was  "imprinted  at  London  by 
lohn    Daye,  accordyng   to  the   Scotish   copie."       George   Chalmers 

H  H 


250  Robert  Lekpretnk's  Dated  Works. 

was  of  opinion  that  Lekpreuik's  second  edition  was  printed  at 
St.  Andrews  in    1572. 

The  copy  of  Lekpreuik's  edition  described  above  is  in  the  Hbrary 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  three  copies  of  the  London 
reprint  are  in  the  British  Museum. 

A  copy  of  another  edition  printed  by  Lekpreuik  is  in  the  library 
of  Lambeth  Palace.  It  will  be  noted  that  in  addition  to  several 
changes  in  the  title,  this  copy  is  made  up  in  eights  in  place  of  fours, 
as  in  the  Trinity  College  copy.  The  following  is  a  description  of 
the  Lambeth  copy  : — 

[Band  along  top  of  title.]  Ane  Admoni-  |  tiovn  Direct  To  The  | 
trew  Lordis  mantenaris  of  the  |  Kingis  Grace  Authoritie.  | 

Imprentit  At  |  Striviling  Be  Robert  |  Lekprevik.  |  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXL  I 

Octavo,  A  B^.  A  I  Title,  verso  blank,  A  2 — B  8  Ane  Admoni- 
tiovn.  Printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords 
and  signatures. 

J 57 1  To    His     Loving  |    Brethren    Whome    God   |   ones    Gloriously 

88.  gathered  in  the  Church  |  of  Edinburgh,  and  now  ar  dispersed  |  for 
tryall  of  our  Faith.  &c.  |  lohne  Knox.  | 

Imprented  At  |  Striviling  Be  Robert  |  Lekprevik.  |  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXL  I 

A  small  octavo  tract  of  four  leaves,  printed  in  roman  type. 
There  is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  are  on  versos  of  the  leaves,  and 
the  second  leaf  is  signed  A  2.  i  Title,  verso  blank,  2 — 4^  the  address, 
4*^  blank.  See  Knox's  Works,  Vol.  vi.,  p.  601.  A  copy  is  preserved 
in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1571  €1  The  Exhortatioun  to  the  Lordis  | 

89.  [End]    "j^^   Imprentit   at    Striuiling    be    Robert    |    Lekpreuik. 
Anno.  Do.  1571.  |  " 


Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works.  251 

Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.  One  of  Sempill's  poems 
of  twenty-two  octave  stanzas. 

The  original  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of 
London,  and  is  believed  to  be  unique. 

1 57 1  The  Bischoppis  lyfe  and  testament  | 

90.  Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.  Another  of  Sempill's 
poems,  consisting  of  twenty-three  octave  stanzas,  followed  by 
"CSequitur  Confessio"  in  four  nine-line  verses,  ending  "^^  Finis.  | 
i^  Quod  Sempill.  |  C  Imprentit  at  |  Striuiling  be  Robert  Lek- 
preuik.  i  Anno.  Do.  M.D.LXXI.  |  " 

A  dark  sketch  of  the  life  of  John  Hamilton,  Archbishop  of 
St.   Andrews,  who  was  executed   ist  April,    1571. 

The  original  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries of  London. 

1572  Ane  I  Detectioun  of  the  |  Doingis  of  Marie  Ouene  of  Scottis,  | 

91.  tuiching  the  Murther  of  hir  husband,  and  |  hir  Conspiracie,  Adulterie, 
and  pretensit  |  Mariage  with  the  Erie  Bothwell.  |  And  ane  Defence 
of  the  trew  |  Lordis,  Mantenaris  of  |  the  Kingis  Grace  |  Actioun 
and  I  Authoritie.  |  C  Translatit  out  of  the  Latine  quhilk  |  was  writtin 
be  M.  G.  B.  I 

C  Imprentit  at  |  Sanctandrois  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno. 
Do.  M.D.LXXIL  I 

A  small  octavo,  printed  in  black-letter.  There  is  no  paging, 
but  catchwords  are  found  on  versos  only,  and  signatures  A — H^  1 2. 
A  I''  Title,  i*^  blank,  A  2 — I  1=^  the  work,  I  i''  blank.  I  2  is  wanting, 
but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

Buchanan  composed  this  piece  originally  in  Latin,  while  he  was 
on  a  mission  to  the  English  Court  in  1568.  It  was  privately 
circulated  among  the  courtiers  there,  but  was  not  printed  till  1572, 


252  Robert  Lekpreuik's  Dated  Works. 

when  it  was  issued  without  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  beUeved 
to  have  been  by  John  Day.  A  translation,  in  imitation  of  the  Scottish 
idiom,  appeared  about  the  same  time,  and  was  probably  printed  by  him 
also.  It  was  afterwards  transformed  into  genuine  Scottish  language, 
and  printed  by  Lekpreuik  at  St.  Andrews,  as  above  described.  A 
French  translation  of  the  "  Detectioun  "  was  printed  about  the  same 
time,  with  the  fictitious  imprint : — "Acheue  d'imprimer  a  Edimbourg, 
ville  capitalle  d'Escosse.  le  13  de  Feurier,  1572,  par  moy  Thomas 
Vvaltem."  Some  writers  are  of  opinion  that  the  last  mentioned 
edition  was  printed  in  London,  but  the  best  authorities  believe  it  to 
have  been  published  by  the  Huguenots  at  Rochelle. 

A  copy  of  Lekpreuik's  edition  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1572  An  Answer  To  |  a  Letter  of  a  lesvit  Na-  |  med  Tyrie,  be  lohne 

92.  Knox.  I  H  Prov.  xxvi.  |  Answer  not  a  foole  according  to  his  foolishe- 
nes,  I  least  thow  be  lyke  him  :  answer  a  foole  according  |  to  his 
foolishnes  least  he  be  wise  in  his  owe  coseat  |  The  contrarietie 
appearing  at  the  first  sight,  |  betuix  thir  twa  sentecis,  stayit  for  a 
tyme,  baith  ]  heart  to  meditate  &  hand  to  wryte  any  thing,  co-  |  trair 
that  blaspheamous  letter.  But  when  with  bet-  |  ter  mynd,  God  gaue 
me  to  considder,  that  whoso-  |  euer  opponis  not  him  self  bouldly  to 
blasphemy  &  |  manifest  leis,  differis  lytill  fra  tratouris  :  cloking  &  | 
fostering,  so  far  as  in  them  ly,  the  treasoun  of  tra-  |  tours,  &  dampnable 
impietie  of  those,  against  |  whome  Gods  iust  evengance  mon  burne  ( 
without  end,  vnles  spedie  repentace  |  follow  :  To  quyet  therefore 
my  I  owne  conscience,  I  put  hand  |  to  the  pen  as  followeth.  | 

Imprentit  At  Sanctan-  |  drois  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  Anno.  Do. 
1572.  I 

A  small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter.  There  is  no  paging, 
but  catchwords  are  found  on  the  versos  of  the  leaves,  and  signatures 


Robert  Lekpreuilc  s  Dated  Works.  253 

A— E8  F<>.  A  I  Title,  verso  blank,  Aij — iiij,  pp.  [6],  To  the  Reader 
and  Prayer,  A  5 — F  5=*  An  Answer,  F  5^  blank,  F  6  is  wanting,  but 
was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

See  Works  of  John  Knox,  Vol.  vi.,  p.  479,  where  the  treatise  is 
reprinted.  Tyric  replied  to  Kno.x:  in  a  small  octavo  volume  of  62 
leaves — "Parisiis.  Apud  Thomani  Brumenium  in  clauso  Brunello  sub 
signo  Olivae.  1573.  Cum  privilegio."  The  above  is  noteworthy  as 
being  Knox's  latest  publication.  Copies  are  in  the  Advocates' 
Library,  Edinburgh  ;  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark,  Arch.  A. 
I.  6.  ;  and  in  the  University  Library,  Aberdeen. 

1572  C  My  Lord  Methwenis  tragedie  | 

93-  A  broadside,  of  twenty-four  nine-line  stanzas,  ending  "^>^  Finis 

with  the  Dytone.  |  i^'  Quod  Sempill.  |  "  followed  by  a  verse  of  four 
lines.  The  colophon  is  as  follows  : — "  Imprentit  at  |  Sanctandrois 
be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno.  Do.  1572.  |  " 

Henry  Stewart,  second  Lord  Methven,  was  killed  at  Broughton 
by  a  cannon  ball  from  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh  on  the  3rd  of  March, 
1 57 1-2.  This  piece  must  therefore  have  been  composed  and  printed 
within  three  weeks  from  that  date. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

1572  ane  premonitioun  to  the  barnis  of  Leith  | 

94.  [End]  "^^  Imprentit  at   Sanctandrois  be  |  Robert   Lekpreuik, 

1572.  I  " 

Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.  Thirty-eight  six-line 
stanzas. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

1572  The  lamentatio  of  the  comounis  of  Scotland  | 

95-  [End]    "C  Imprentit    at   Sanctandrois    be    Robert    Lekpreuik.  | 

Anno.  Do.  M.D.LXXII.  |  " 


254  Robert  Lekpreuik' s  Dated  W^orks. 

Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.     Sixteen  octave  stanzas. 
A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

1572  The    Lamentation  |  of   Lady   Scotland    Compylit    be    hir   self,  | 

96.  speiking  in  maner  of  ane  Epistle,  in  |  the  Moneth  of  Marche,  the  | 
-^eir  of  God.    1572.  | 

€1  Imprentit  at  |  Sanctandrois  |  Be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  1572.  | 
A  small  octavo  sheet  of  eight  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter,  having 
the  second,  third,  and  fourth  leaves  signed  Aij,  Aiij,  Aiiij.  There 
is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  are  found  on  versos  only.  A  i  Title, 
verso  blank,  A  2'^  Dedication,  of  24  lines,  "  To  the  Richt  Honourabill 
and  godly  Leirnit  Gentilman,  the  Laird  of  Dune,  Minister  of  Goddis 
word,  and  Superintendent  of  his  Kirk  in  Angous,  Mernis,  &c. 
P.  R.  his  humbill  servant  S."  A  2'' — 8  The  Poem,  of  382  lines, 
followed  by  "  The  conclusioun  be  P.  R.  to  all  and  Sum,"  in  two 
ten-line  stanzas. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1572  ane  new  ballet  set  out  be  ane  Fugitiue  |  Scottisman  that  fled  out 

97.  of  Paris  at  this  lait  Murther.  | 

[End]  "C  Finis.  ^^W  Quod  Simpell.  |  C  Imprentit  at  Sanct- 
androis be  Robert  |  Lekpriuik.     Anno.   Do.    1572.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter  in  double  columns. 
Eighteen  six-line  stanzas. 

This  ballad  refers  to  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew,  and 
stigmatises  Catherine  de  Medicis  as  its  author.  Robert  Sempill 
counsels  Queen  Elizabeth  : — 

"  Now,  wyse  Quene  Elizabeth,  luik  to  yourself, 
Dispite  them,  and  wryte  thame  ane  bill  of  defyance." 

The  only  copy  known  was  formerly  in  the  collection  of  Mr. 
George  Daniel.  At  the  sale  of  his  library  it  was  purchased  by 
Mr.  Joseph   Lilly,  and  is  now  in  the  Huth  Library. 


Robert  LekpreuiJi  s  Dated  ]Vorks. 


255 


(572  C  Heir  beginnis  the  taill    |  of  Rauf  coiljear  how   |  he  harbreit 

9H.    King  I  charlis  |  [Woodcut  of  busts   of  a  man    and   woman   facing 

each  other.] 

Imprentit  at  Sane-  |  tandrois  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  Anno.  1572.  | 
A  quarto  of  sixteen  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging. 

There  are  catchwords  on  the  versos  of  the  leaves,  and  signatures 

A — D4,  the  first  three  leaves  of  each  sheet  being  signed.     A  i  Title, 

verso  blank,  Alj — D  4=^  The  Taill,  D  4''  blank. 

This  curious  romance  consists  of  seventy-five  alliterative  stanzas 

of  twelve   lines  each.     On   the   recto  of  the   last  leaf  is  the  "^same 


colophon  as  on  the  titlepage,  below  which  is  a  rude  woodcut  of  a 
king  standing  at  an  open  window,  pointing  with  a  sceptre  to  a 
person  walking  away  from  him. 

The  woodcut  on  the  titlepage  we  have  already  noticed  as  used  by 
John  Scot  in  the  editions  of  Lyndsay's  "Works,"  printed  in  1568 
and  1571,  and  by  Lekpreuik  in  "The  Actys  and  Life  of  Robert 
Bruce,"  printed  for  Henry  Charteris  in  1571. 

The  Tale  appears,  from  notices  in  early  works,  to  have  been  very 
popular  in  Scotland,  but  was  for  some  time  given  up  as  lost.  Ames, 
followed  by  Herbert,  in  his  "  Typographical  Antiquities,"  mentions 
the  tract,  and  describes  it  as  being  in  sixteens,  but  gives  no  indication 


256  Robert  Lekpi'euik's  Dated  Works. 

of  the  possessor  of  the  copy  used  in  making  the  description.  The 
copy  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  believed  to  be  unique,  was  discovered 
in  1821,  and  has  been  reprinted  in  "Select  Remains  of  the  Ancient 
Popular  Poetry  of  Scotland,"  edited  by  Dr.  Laing. 

■1572  Ane  Sermon  |  Preichit  Befoir  The  |  Regent  and  Nobilitie,  vpon 

99-    a  part  of  the  |  thrid  Chapter  of  the  Prophet  Malachi,  |  in  the  Kirk 

of  Leith,  at  the  tyme  of  |  the  Generall  Assemblie,  on  Son-  |  day  the 

13.    of    lanuarie.     Anno.  |  Do.    1571.      Be    Dauid    Fer-  |  gussone, 

Minister  of  the  |  Euangell  at  Dun-  |  fermlyne.  | 

1^  Imprentit  at  Sane-  |  tandrois  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno 
Do.  M.D.LXXII.  I 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging.  Catchwords 
are  found  on  versos  of  the  leaves,  and  signatures  A — B^  C4.  The 
first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  are  signed.  A  i  Title,  with  band  of 
metal  ornaments  at  top  and  bottom,  verso  blank,  Aij — iij-''  Dedication 
to  "the  maist  nobill  and  worthie  Lord,  John  Erie  of  Marr,"  dated 
"From  Dunfermlyne  the  20.  day  of  August.  Anno  1572."  Aiij*^ 
two  latin  poems  by  John  Davidson  and  Patrick  Authinlect,  Aiiij — 
Ciiij^  Ane  Sermon,  Ciiij''  blank. 

At  the  end  is  this  note: — "This  sermon  was  presentit  to  the 
Kirk,  red  and  approuit  be  the  personis  underwritten,  appointed 
thairunto  be  the  Assemblie  haldin  at  Perth  6.  Augusti  Anno  1572. 
J.  Sanctandrois :  Johne  Erskyn  ;  M.  Johne  Wynram ;  William 
Crystesone  M.  of  Dundie ;  John  Knox,  with  my  dead  hand  but 
glaid  heart,  praising  God  that  of  his  mercy  he  levis  such  light  to  his 
kirk  in  that  desolatioun."  This,  together  with  other  works  by  the 
same  author,  has  been  reprinted  in  "  Tracts  by  David  Ferguson," 
for  the  Bannatyne  Club. 

A    copy   of   the    Sermon    is    in    the    library    of   the   Faculty   of 
Advocates,  Edinburgh,  and  a  second  copy  appears  to  have  been  in 


Robert  Lekpreiiilcs  Dated  Works.  257 

Dr.  Dibdin's  library,  from  the  following  note  in  his  Northern  Tour • 

"  I  am  also  in  the  possession  of  a  copy  of  a  sermon  preached  by 
David  Ferguson  at  St.  Andrews,  on  the  i8th  January,  1571, — which 
was  printed  at  St.  Andrezvs,  by  Lekprenik,  in  1572,  i2mo,  and  of 
which  only  one  copy,  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  Lee,  is  known." 
(Vol.   II.,  p.  642.) 

1572  Confessio   |    Fidei    Et    Doctrinae   |    per    Eccleslam     Reformatam 

100.  Regni  Scotise  |  professae.  Exhibita;  ordinibus  Regni  e-  |  iusdem 
in  publicis  Parliamenti  (vt  |  vocant)  Comitijs,  &  eorum  |  comuni 
cosensu  approbatae,  |  vti  certissimis  funda-  |  mentis  verbi  dei  |  innixae 
&  CO-  I  sentaneje.  |  i  Cor.  iii.  |  If  Fundamentum  aliud  nemo  potest 
pone-  I  re,  praeter  id  qiiod  positum  est :  quod  est,  |  Christus  lesus.  | 

Andreapoli,  |  Excvdebat  Robertus  |  Lekprevik.  |  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXII.  I 

A  small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging.  There 
are  catchwords  on  the  versos  of  the  leaves,  and  signatures  A— C^  the 
first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  being  signed.  The  collation  is  A  i^ 
Title,  A  i''  Typographus  Lectori,  A  2 — 3='  Dedication,  A  3'' — C6 
Confessio  Fidei,  C  7  "  Caput  lob  Ovartvm,"  C  8^  "  Eiusdem  Epitap. 
Valteri  Millei  Martyris  in  Scotia,"  C  8^  blank. 

Drs.  M'Crie  and  Irving  agree  in  ascribing  this  little  work  to 
Archbishop  Adamson. 

Copies  are  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
the  University  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  the  University  Library', 
St.  Andrews. 

1572  Ane    Discovrse  |  Tviching   The    Estait  |  Present    In   October  | 

101.  Anno  Domini.    1571.  ]  [Arabesque  ornament.] 

Imprentit  At  |  Sanctandrois  Be  Robert  |  Lekpreuik.  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXII.  I 

I  I 


258  Robert  Lekpreui/c  s  Dated  Works. 

A  small  octavo,  printed  In  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords  and  signatures  A  B^.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank,  Aij — B  8 
Ane  Discourse. 

A  copy  of  the  "  Discovrse"  is  in  the  library  of  Lambeth  Palace. 

157^  The   copie   of    the    Proclamatioun    set    furth    be    the    |    Kingis 

102.  Maiestie  and  his  Counsall,  for  ane  Conventioun  of  the  Professouris 
of  the  trew  Religioun  within  this  |  Reaime,  to  consult  and  deliberate 
vpon  the  imminent  dangeris  and  Conspiracies  of  the  Papistis.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  size  of  type  14^  x  \o\  in. 
The  proclamation  commences — "James  .  .  .  King  of  Scottis  .  .  . 
Geuin  vnder  our  Signet  at  Edinburgh  the  third  day  of  October,  the 
sext  3eir  of  our  regne  .  .  .  Ane  breif  extract  of  the  Articklis  of 
the  secreit  contract  .  .  ."  At  end — "If  Imprintit  at  Sanctandrois 
be  Robert  Leckpreuik.     Anno.   Do.   M.D.LXXII.  |  " 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  18. 
e.  2.  (112.);  a  second  copy  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Dugdale  MS., 
32  Y.,  fol.  46;  and  a  third  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  London. 

'573  Parvvs  Gate-  |  chismvs  Ovo  pxaminari  |  possunt  iuniores  qui  ad 

103.  Sacram  Coenam  ad-  |  mittuntur.  Carmine  lambico,  per  R.  P.  | 
[Woodcut  of  leaves  and  geometrical  pattern.] 

Andreapoli  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Lekprevik  |  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXIIL  I 

A  single  small  octavo  sheet,  with  signature  A,  eight  leaves, 
printed  in  roman  type.  There  is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  are  on 
the  versos  of  the  leaves,  and  signatures  on  the  second,  third,  and 
fourth  leaves.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank,  A  2 — 7  Catechismus,  A  8  is 
wanting,  but  was  probably  blank.  The  initials  are  those  of  Robert 
Pont,    who   was   born   at   Culross  about   the  year    1526.      He   held 


Robert  Lckpreuil: s  Dated  Works.  259 

several  livings  in  succession,  and  became  in  1572  Provost  of  Trinity 
College,  Edinburgh.  He  resigned  this  office  in  1585,  and  lived  to 
the  age  of  eighty  years,  retaining  to  the  last  his  incumbency  of  St. 
Cuthbert's,  Edinburgh,  to  which  he  had  been  appointed  in  1574. 

The  Catechism  is  printed  in  "The  Miscellany  of  the  Wodrow 
Society,"  pp.  301-318,  where  the  editor  remarks  that  "a  similar 
Catechism  by  Patrick  Adamson,  afterwards  Archbishop  of  St. 
Andrews,  which  excited  great  attention,  was  published  at  the  same 
time,  and  was  likewise  printed  at  St.  Andrews,  by  Robert  Lekprcvik, 
in  1573;  but  all  the  copies  of  this  edition  seem  to  have  disappeared." 

A  copy  of  Pont's  Catechism  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,   Edinburgh. 

1573  In    The    Parliament    Of  |  the  richt   Excellent,    richt   heich,   and 

104.  michtie  Prince,  lames  the  Sext,  |  be  the  Grace  of  God  King  of 
Scottis,  our  Souerane  Lord,  be  gunne  |  at  Striuiling,  the  xxviij.  day 
of  August,  the  ':;eir  of  God  ane  thousand  |  fyue  hundreth  thre  scoir 
and  elleuin  ^eiris,  and  in  the  Fyft  ';eir  of  his  |  hienes  Regne.  Be 
his  Maiesteis  derrest  Gudschir  vmquhile  Mathew  |  Erie  of  Lennox 
Lord  Dernelie.  &c.  Regent  to  his  hienes,  his  Realme,  |  and  Liegis  : 
and  thre  Estatis  of  this  Realme.  And  endit,  and  |  concludit  vpon 
the  seuint  day  of  September  nixt  thairefter  fol-  |  lowing,  be  vmquhile 
lohne  Erie  of  Mar,  Lord  Erskin.  &c.  |  being  Regent  to  his  hienes, 
his  said  Realme,  and  Liegis  |  for  the  tyme :  and  the  saidis  thre 
Estatis.  The  Actis,  |  and  Constitutiounis  following  war  concludit 
to  I  be  obseruit  as  Lawis  in  tyme  cumming.  | 

Imprentit  at  Sanctandrois  |  be  Robert  Lekpreuik.  |  Anno  Do. 
M.D.LXXIIL  I 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  folios  numbered  iii — xii, 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A — C4,  the  first  three  leaves  of  each 
sheet  being  signed  B.j.,   B.ij.,   B.iij.       The   running  head-lines  are 


26o  Robert  LekpreuiM s  Dated  Works. 

in  largest  black-letter — "CThe  actis  of  King  |  lames  the  Sext 
Fol.  iiii.  I  "  &c.  The  collation  is — A  i  Title,  verso  blank,  A.ij. — B.j. 
The  Actis,  B.ij. — Q  i,^  "  In  The  Parliament  Hal-  |  din  at  Edinburgh, 
the  xxvj.  day  of  Januar,  the  ^eir  of  God  ane  thou-  |  sand,  fyue 
hundreth,  thre  scoir  twelf  5eiris.  Thir  Lawis,  statutes.  .  .  |  "  C  4*^ 
"  €[  The  tabill  of  the  atcis  "  {sic),  in  smaller  black-letter. 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  509.  g.  21.,  and 
a  second  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1573  Ane   Breif   Com-  |  mendatiovn   Of  Vpricht-  [  nes,   in  respect  of 

105.  the  surenes  of  the  same,  to  all  that  ]  walk  in  it,  amplifyit  cheifly  be 
that  notabill  docu-  |  ment  of  Goddis  michtie  protectioun,  in  preser-  | 
uing  his  maist  vpricht  seruand,  and  feruent  |  Messinger  of  Christis 
Euangell,  lohne  |  Knox.  |  Set  furth  in  Inglis  meter  be  |  M.  lohne 
Dauidsone,  Regent  |  in  S.  Leonards  College.  |  H  Ouhairunto  is  addit 
in  the  end  ane  schort  discurs  |  of  the  Estaitis  quha  hes  caus  to 
deploir  the  deith  |  of  this  Excellent  seruand  of  God.  |  H  Psalme. 
xxxvii.  I  IF  Mark  the  vpricht  man,  and  behauld  the  lust,  |  for  the 
end  of  that  man  is  peace.  | 

IF  Imprentit  At   Sanctan-  |  drois  be   Robert   Lekpreuik.      Anno 

1573-  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words and  signatures  A  B*  C^  There  is  no  running  head-line. 
The  poem  is  dedicated  "  To  the  Maist  Godlie,  Ancient,  and  Worthie 
Schir  lohne  Wischart  of  Pittarrow  Knicht,  M.  lohne  Dauidsone 
wissis  the  continuall  assistance  of  the  Spreit  of  God,  to  the  end,  and 
in  the  end."  The  "Breif  Commendatiovn"  consists  of  forty-seven 
octave  stanzas,  and  the  "Schort  Discurs"  of  nineteen  nine-line  verses. 
This  is  followed  by  a  latin  poem  of  10  lines,  which  completes  the  tract. 
Only  one  copy  of  this  tract  is  known.  About  sixty  years  ago  it  was 
bought  in  London  for  one  guinea,  when  Dr.  M'Crie  obtained  the  use 


Robert  LekpraiilSs  Dated  Works.  261 

of  it.  It  was  re-sold  to  Mr.  George  Chalmers  for  seven  guineas, 
and  at  the  sale  of  his  library  at  London,  in  1842,  it  was  purchased 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Miller,  and  is  now  in  the  library  at  Britwell.  It  has 
been  reprinted  in  the  "  Poetical  Remains  of  John  Davidson." 

1573  By  Sir  william  Drury  Knight  |  [Regulations  to  be  observed  by 

106.  the  English  army,  under  his  command,  on  marching  into  Scotland  to 
besiege  Edinburgh  Castle.] 

Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter.  At  foot — "C  Imprented 
at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Anno.  Do.  M.D.LXXIII.  |  " 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum,  Cottonian,  Caligula, 
C.  IV.  53,  and  two  copies  are  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.- 
Eliz.,  Vol.  XXV.,  22,  23. 

Lekpreuik  does  not  appear  to  have  been  employed  as  King's 
Printer  at  this  time,  as  Regent  Morton  employed  Bassendyne  to 
print  the  royal  proclamation  on  the  "incoming  of  the  Inglis  forces," 
dated  13th  April,  1573,  a  copy  of  which  is  also  preserved  among 
the  Cottonian  MSS. 

1573  Ca  trew  copie  of  the  mutuall  band  betuix  the  castell  |  and  toun 

107.  of  Edinburgh,  contractit  in  the  obedience  of  the  Kingis  Maiestie 
our  Souerane  Lord,  publischit  that  all  men  |  may  the  better  persaue 
how  the  Laird  of  Grange,  aganis  his  faith,  honour  and  promeis,  is 
and  hes  bene,  the  |  Instrument  and  occasioun,  of  the  present  vn- 
quyetnes  and  bypast  vastatioun  of  the  toun,  to  the  |  suppressing  of 
the  exercise  of  Goddis  trew  Religioun,  the  hinderance  of  lustice  | 
and  Policie,  and  calamitie  of  the  haill  commoun  wealth.  | 

At  Edinburgh  the  viij.  day  of  Maij,  the  3eir  of  God  ane  thousand 
fyue  hundreth,  thre  scoir  and  aucht  |  ^eiris.  .  .  .  | 

[End]  C  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekpreuik  |  Anno. 
Do.   M.D.LXXIII.  ! 


262  Robert  LekpreuiKs  Dated  Works. 

Broadside,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter. 

A  copy  of  the  Mutuall  Band  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office, 
Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  XXV.,  39,  and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London. 

1573  C  The  Sege  of  the  |  castel  of  Edinburgh  | 

108.  Imprentit    at    Edin-    |    burgh    be    Robert     Lekpreuik.       Anno. 
M.D.  I  LXXIII.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  two  sheets  or  eight  leaves,  without 
pagination  or  catchwords,  but  with  signatures  A  B^.     A.ij.,  A.iij.,  are 
signed,  also  B.,  B.ij.,  B.iij.;  the  fourth  leaf  of  the  sheet  is  not  signed. 
A  I  Title,  verso  blank,  A.ij. — B4  the  Poem.    The  poem  commences: — 
Buschmet  of  Beruik  mak  50W  for  the  gait 
To  ring  ■^our  drumis  &  rank  -ipwr  me  of  weir 
Addres  -^our  armour  boud  ■^ow  for  debait 
With  sound  of  trupet  mak  -^our  steids  to  steir 
Sen  36  ar  freikes  that  weil  dar  fecht  but  feir. 
As  for  exampill  we  haue  sene  30W  ellis, 
Lyk  as  the  last  tym  that  30ur  Camp  come  heir 
Lend  vs  ane  bourrouig  of  50ur  auld  blak  bellis. 
This  is  one  of  Sempill's  poetical  compositions,  and  not  the  least 
interesting,  as  it  gives  several  particulars  regarding  the  siege,  and 
the.  names  of  many  of  the  officers  who  distinguished  themselves  on 
the  occasion,  not  found  in  other  sources  of  information.      Sempill 
appears  from  the  poem  to  have  been  one  of  the  storming  party. 
There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  21.  c. 

'574  The  |  OrdovreAnd  |  Doctrine  Of  The  Generall  |  Fast,  appointed 

109.  be  the  Generall  Assemblie  of  |  the  Kirkes  of  Scotland.  Halden  at 
Edin-  I  burgh  the  25.  day  of  December.  1565.  |  loel.  2.  |  Therefore 
also  now  the  Lord  sayeth,  Turne  |  yow  vnto  me  with  all  your  hart,  | 
and  with  Fa-  |  sting,  and  with  weaping,  and  with  murning.  | 


Robert  Lekpreui/c  s  Dated  Works.  263 

Imprented  At  Edinbvrgh  Be  |  Robert  Lekpreuik.  Anno.  1574.  | 
Small  octavo,  of  38  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without 
paging,  but  with  signatures  A — D^  E4  F^  and  catchwords  on  verso, 
only  twice  on  recto.  A  i^*  Title,  verso  blank,  A  2 — D7  "The 
Svperintendentes,  Ministers  and  Commissioners  of  Kirkes  Reformed 
within  the  Realme  of  Scotland,  .  .  .  To  all  that  trewly  professe  the 
Lord  lesus  ..."  D  8 — E  3*''  Address  of  the  above  "  To  the 
Ministers  of  lesus  Christ,  within  the  same  Realme  ..."  E  3'' — 4=^ 
"To  the  faithfull  Reader,"  signed  by  "  lohne  Knoxe  at  the  command 
of  the  publicte  Assemblie."  E  4"^  blank.  Fi — 2  "  Certaine  chapters 
and  partes  of  the  Scriptures  vsed  be  the  Ministers  of  Edinburgh  & 
Halyrudhous  in  the  tyme  of  Codes  visitatio  be  the  pest  .  .  ." 
"  The  above  forms  were  drawn  up  by  John  Knox  and  John  Craig  in 
1565,  and  printed  by  Lekprevik  in  1566;  and  on  the  occasion  of  a 
similar  fast  were  reprinted  as  above,  with  the  addition  of  the  con- 
cluding quire  (see  Dr.  David  Laing's  edition  of  Knox's  Works, 
Vol.  VI.,  p.  389).  Dr.  Laing's  reprint  is  from  the  edition  of  1566, 
the  variations  and  additions  in  that  of  1574  being  given  (see  for  the 
latter  0/.  cit.,  p.  427)."     (Sinker's  "Catalogue.") 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition  of  "The  Ordoure "  in  the 
libraries  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  of  Lambeth  Palace, 
and  also  two  copies  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  one  of  them  amongst 
Bishop  Tanner's  books,  No.  46  of  that  collection;  the  pressmark  of 
the  other  is  Wood,  774. 

'575  "The  Acts  of  the  Parliament,  1567,  were  printed  in  1568,  and 

no.    reprinted  in  1575." 

The  above  is  quoted  from  "Acts  of  the  Parliaments  of  Scotland," 
Vol.  I.,  p.  31,  note  3.     We  have  never  seen  a  copy  of  the  1575  edition. 

1 58 1  Catechismvs  |  Latino  Carmine  Redditvs,  I  Et  In  Libros  Ovatuor 

III.    Digestvs,    I    Patricij    Adamsoni    Scoti    poetae    elegantissimi   |   ojaera. 


264  Robert  LekpreuiMs  Dated  Works. 

atque  industria.  Ad  illustrissimum  |  &  summse  spei  Principem 
laco-  I  bum  Sextum  Scotorum  |  Regem  Serenissi-  |  mum,  &c.  ] 
IT  lacobi  Lavsonii  |  Carmen  | 

Sol  &  Adamsonus  perfundunt  luce  corusca 

aequor,  tellurem,  sidereumque  polum. 

Ignita  Phebus  perlustrans  lampade  terras, 

Vmbras  corporibus  pelHtat  ille  animis. 

Ergo  mare  &  tellus,  &  quas  tenet  igneus  orbis 

CcEJestes  animae,  &  numina  summa  poll. 

lam  gaudete  nouum  vobis  lucescere  soleni 

Quodque  duos  soles  quos  ferat  orbis  habet. 
Edinbvrgi    |    Excvdebat     Robertvs    |    Lekprevik    [    Anno     Do. 
■M.D.LXXXI.  I  Cvm   Privilegio  Regali.  | 

A  small  octavo  of  forty  leaves,  signatures  A — E^,  printed  in 
roman  letter.  There  is  no  paging,  but  there  are  catchwords  and 
signatures  on  the  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet.  A  i^  Title,  i'' 
Roberti  Pontani  Carmen,  A  2  (marked  i  in  mistake)-Eiij  Catechismus, 
Eiiij — 7  Precationes,  E  8  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank.  The 
small  size  of  the  two  S's  in  proportion  to  the  other  letters  of  the  first 
word  of  the  title  gives  a  very  awkward  appearance  to  the  page  ;  and 
the  fact  that  the  whole  book  is  printed  with  worn-out  types,  very 
badly  set,  lead  us  to  fear  that  in  recommencing  work  on  his  own 
account  (for  we  know  of  nothing  from  his  press  during  the  previous 
six  or  seven  years),  Lekpreuik's  stock-in-trade  had  greatly  diminished 
in  quantity  and  quality. 

Adamson,  or  Constance  (his  original  name),  was  a  man  of  a 
time-serving  disposition,  who  afterwards  was  made  Archbishop  of 
St.  Andrews.  He  was  an  elegant  writer  of  latin  verse.  The  work 
described  above  is  a  reprint  of  one  which  Lekpreuik  printed  at 
St.  Andrews  ;  but  of  that  early  edition  no  copy  is  known.  We  are 
indebted  to  James   Melville  for  the  following  piece  of  interesting 


Robert  LekprciiilSs  Dated  Works.  265 

information  regarding  it: — "At  Mr.  Knox's  coming  to  St.  Androis, 
Robert  Lekprivik,  printar,  transported  his  Icttres  and  press  from 
Edinbergh  to  St.  Androis,  whar  first  I  saw  that  excellent  art  of 
printing  ;  and  haid  then  in  hand  Mr.  Patrik  Constant's  Catechisme 
of  Calvin,  converted  in  Latin  heroic  verse  ;  quhilk,  with  the  author, 
was  mikle  estimed  of"  ("  Diary,"  p.  32).  For  a  notice  of  Adamson 
the  reader  is  referred  to  the  "  Wodrow  Miscellany,"  p.  305. 

A  copy  of  the  "  Catechismvs "  is  in  the  Advocates'  Lil:)rary, 
Edinburgh,  and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  University  Library,  St. 
Andrews. 


1581  5^  -^n   Answer  |  To    The    Calvmni-  |  ovs    Letter  And    Er-  | 

112.    roneous  propositiouns  of  an  apo-  |  stat  named  M.  lo.  Hammiltoun  | 

Composed  by  M.  VVil-  |  Ham  Fovler  |  H  Rom.   i.   16.  |  IF  I   am  not 

ashamed  of  the  Euangel   of  lesvs  Christ  |  For  it  is  the  power  of 

God  vnto  Saluatioun,  to  enerie  {sic)  \  ane  that  beleueth.  | 

1  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekprewick  |  dwelling  at 
the  Netherbow.    1581.  [ 

A  quarto  of  twenty-eight  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without 
paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  1l4,  A — F4.  The 
signatures  occur  usually  on  every  leaf  of  each  sheet — -D.j.,  D.ij., 
D.iij.,  D.iiij.  The  collation  is  as  follows  : — ^  i  Title,  verso  blank, 
IT.ii.  Dedication  to  "  Frances  Earle  Bothvel,"  If  3  The  Preface  to 
the  Reader,  liiiii  Faultis  .  .  .  escaped  in  Prenting,  verso  blank. 
Aj — Biiii  Ane  Answer,  Cj^Fiiij'^  The  Confutatioun,  Fiiii''  is  blank. 
Colophon  at  foot  of  F  4^  "  <0^  Imprentit  at  Edinbvrgh  be  Robert  | 
Lekprewick,  dwelling  at  the  |  Netherbow.  | 

There  are  copies  of  Fowler's  "Answer"  in  the  British  Museum — " 
pressmark,  C.  2i7-  d.  13.,  and  in  the  library  of  the  University  of 
Edinburgh. 

K  K 


266  Robert  Lekprcuik's  Dated  Works. 

1582  ^^  Ane   I   Declaratiovn   |  of  the  iust   and    necessar   cau-   |  sis, 

113.  Moving  Vs  Of  The  |  NobilHtie  of  Scotland  &  vthers  ye  Kings  | 
Maiesteis  Faithfvl  Svbiectis  ]  to  repair  to  his  Hienes  presence,  and  to 
remane  with  him  |  for  resisting  of  the  present  daingeris  appearing  | 
to  Goddis  trew  reHgion  and  professours  |  thairof  &  to  his  Hienes 
awin  I  person  estait  &  croun  |  &  his  faithful  |  subiectis  |  that  hes 
constantly  continuit  in  his  obedience,  &  |  to  seik  redres  &  reformatioun 
of  the  abuse  |  and  confusioun  of  the  commoun  wealth  |  Remouing 
fro  his  Maiestie  the  cheif  |  authouris  thairof  quhil  the  treuth  |  of  the 
samin  may  be  maid  ma-  |  nifest  to  his  Hienes  estaits  |  That  with 
common  |  consent  redres  &  |  remeid  may  |  be  proui-  |  did.  | 

IT  Derectit  from  Striuiling  with  speciall  |  command  and  licence  to 
beprentit.  |  Anno.  M.D.LXXXH.  j 

A  small  octavo  of  sixteen  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without 
pagination,  but  with  catchwords  and  signatures  A  B*.  Five  leaves 
of  each  sheet  are  signed,  and  three  leaves  are  unsigned.  A  i  Title, 
verso  blank,  Aij — B  8  the  Declaration. 

Although  without  place  of  printing,  or  printer's  name,  yet  there 
can  be  little  doubt  that  this  little  work  was  from  the  press  of 
Lekpreuik.  George  Chalmers  had  no  hesitation  in  ascribing  it  to 
that  printer. 

The  tract,  which  relates  to  the  Raid  of  Ruthven,  is  given  at 
length  in  Calderwood's  History,  Vol.  in.,  p.  651.  A  reprint  appeared 
in  1822,  with  a  note  by  James  Maidment,  Advocate. 

Copies  of  the  original  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
C.  38.  a.  18.  (i.),  Lambeth  Palace  Library,  and  in  the  Advocates' 
Library,   Edinburgh. 


CHAPTER   XX. 

ROBERT   LEKPREUIK'S    UNDATED    WORKS. 

[' 5*571      A  NE  Exhortatiovn  Derect  |  to  my  Lord  Regent  and  to  the  Rest 
114.  of  the  Lordis  accompHsis.  | 

Broadsheet,  foHo,  printed  in  black-letter  in  two  columns.  Without 
date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  in  all  probability  it  was  printed  in 
August,  1567,  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Lekpreuik. 

The  ballad,  which  is  one  of  Sempill's,  is  a  composition  of  18 
octave  stanzas. 

A  copy  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xiv.,  72. 

[1567]  C  The  Kingis  Complaint  | 

115-  A  broadside,  printed  in  two  columns,  in  black-letter.     The  type 

measures   I3|-X7^  in.     Without  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but 
printed  in   1567  at  the  press  of  Lekpreuik. 

The  piece  consists  of  24  stanzas,  of  five  lines  each,  twelve  in 
each  column,  and  was  composed  by  Sempill  on  the  murder  of  the 
Regent  Murray. 

The  original  is  in  the  British  Museum,  Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol. 
III.,   3. 

[1567^  C  The  Complaint  of  Scotland.  | 

116.  A   broadside,    printed   in   two  columns,   of  twenty-four    five-line 

stanzas,  in  black-letter.     The  type  measures  i\if-'K.']\  in.     There  is 


268  Robert  Lekpreuik's   Undated  Works. 

no  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  printed  in  1567  by  Lekpreuik. 
The  Ballad,  which  was  written  by  Sempill  on  the  death  of  Lord 
Darnley,  commences  : — 

"Adew  all  glaidnes,  sport  and  play, 
Adew  fair  weill  baith  nycht  and  day 
All  things  that  may  mak  merrie  cheir, 
Bot  sich  rycht  soir  in  hart  and  say, 
Allace  to  Graif  is  gone  my  deir." 
Copies  are  preserved  in  the  British  Museum,  Roxburgh  Ballads, 
Vol.  ir.,  49,  and  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xiii.,  48. 

[1570]  Maddeis  Proclamatioun  | 

117.  A  broadside,    in   three   columns,  of  twenty-four  octave  stanzas, 

printed  in  black-letter.  The  size  of  the  type  page  is  I3f  x8^  in. 
There  is  no  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  from  Lekpreuik's 
press,  and  probably  printed  in   1570. 

The  original  is  in  the  British  Museum,   Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol. 
III.,   7. 

[1570?]  Ane  prettie  Mirrour  |  Or  Conference,  betuix  the  Faithfull  Pro- 

iif^.  testant  ad  |  the  Dissemblit  false  Hypocreit.  In  to  the  quhilk  |  may 
be  maist  easylie  perceaued  &  knawin  the  one  |  [Along  right  side  of 
woodcut  of  mirror  the  following]  fro  the  vther.  Compylit  be  William 
Lauder  |  Minister  of  the  wourd  of  God.  For  the  In-  |  structioun 
Confort,  and  Consolatioun  of  all  |  [Along  left-hand  side  of  woodcut] 
Faithfull  Professours.  To  quhome  he  wyssith  |  Grace  Mercy  and 
Peace,  in  lesus  Christ  our  |  Lord,  and  onlie  Sauiour.  So  be  it.  | 
[At  foot  of  page] 

Luke  in  to  this  Mirrour,  and  thow  sail  cleirlie  ken 
All  faithfull  trew  Christianes,  fro  fals  disseblit  me. 
A  woodcut  of  a  satyr,  supporting  a  large  mirror  upon  its  head, 
occupies  the  middle  of  the  page  ;  four  lines  of  the  title  are  above  it. 


Robert  Lc/cpretii/c's   Undated  Works.  269 

and  three  on  each  side,  running  up  and  down,  while  below  are  the 
two  lines  in  verse.  The  tract  is  a  quarto  of  four  leaves,  without 
paging,  catchwords,  or  signatures,  and  printed  in  black-letter.  There 
is  neither  date,  place  of  printing,  nor  printer's  name  found  on  this 
curious  work,  but  it  was  probably  printed  in  1570,  and  we  have  no 
hesitation  in  ascribing  it  to  Lekpreuik's  press. 

This  is  one  of  Lauder's  minor  poetical  pieces,  whose  "  Dewtis  of 
Kingis "  we  noticed  at  p.  166.  The  "  Prettie  Mirrour"  has  very 
numerous  marginal  references.  It  was  reprinted  for  the  Early 
English  Text  Society  in  1870,  edited  by  F.  J.  Furnivall.  The 
original  is  in  Britwell  Library,  and  is  believed  to  be  unique. 


1570?]  Ane  Godlie  Tractate  |  Or  Mirrour.     Ouhairintill  may  be  easilie 

119-  perceauit  quho  |  Thay  be  that  ar  Ingraftit  in  to  Christ,  ad  quho  ar 
nocht.  I  Declaring  also  the  rewaird  of  the  Godlie  and  Punysche-  | 
ment  of  the  Wekit.  Maid  vpone  this  pairt  of  Text.  Writtin  in 
the  I  Fyftene  Chaptour  of  the  Euangell  of  lohne.  As  followis.  | 
[Along  left  side  of  woodcut  of  mirror  the  following]  Geue  ane  man 
byde  nocht  in  me,  he  is  cassin  furth,  as  ane  Bran-  [  che  that  widderis. 
And  men  gadderis  thame,  ad  castis  thame  |  in  the  fyre,  ad  thay  burne. 
Gene  ^e  abyde  in  me  &  my  wourds  |  also  in  to  -^ow.  Ask  quhat  ^e 
wil,  it  salbe  done  vnto  50W.  Heirin  is  my  |  Father  Glorefyit,  that 
je  bryng  furth  mekle  Frute,  and  be  maid  my  |  [And  along  right  side 
of  woodcut]  Discyplis.  H  Compyld  In  Meter,  be  William  Lauder, 
Minister  |  of  the  Wourd  of  God.  For  y^  Instructioun  confort  ad 
consolatioun  of  |  all  Faithfull  Christianes.  To  quhome  he  wissith, 
Grace,  Mercie,  ad  |  Peace,  in  lesus  Christ  our  Lord  and  onlie 
Sauiour.     So  be  it.     [And  at  foot  of  page] 

Luke  in  this  Mirrour,  and  thow  sail  cleirlie  se, 
Gyf  y^  be  Reprobat,  or  chosin,   it  sal  declair  to  the. 


2  70 


Robert  Lekpreuik's   Undated  Works. 


The  titlepage  of  this  piece,  like  that  immediately  preceding,  has 
the  woodcut  of  a  satyr,  holding  a  circular  mirror  upon  its  head  ;  six 
lines  of  the  title  are  above  the  engraving,  five  on  the  left,  and  four 
on  the  right-hand  side  of  it,  while  the  two  metrical  lines  are  below  it. 
It  is  a  quarto  of  fourteen  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter,  a  full  page 
having  thirty-two  lines.  There  is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  are 
found,  and  signatures  A  B  C4  D^.  Ai=^  Title,  Ai>^  The  Contentis 
of  this  Buke,  A  2 — D  1=^  The  First  head,  &c.  At  foot  of  D  i^  begins 
"  The  Lametatioun  .  .  .  compylit  be  William  Lauder.  At  Perth. 
Primo  Fabruarie.  1568,"  finishing  on  verso  of  D  2. 

This  tract,  like  the  preceding,  is  without  date,  place  of  printing, 
or  printer's  name,  but  was  probably  printed  about  1570,  and  is 
certainly  from  the  press  of  Lekpreuik. 

This  is  another  of  Lauder's  minor  poetical  works,  and  like  "  Ane 
Prettie  Mirrour,"  has  many  marginal  references.  It  was  reprinted 
in  1870  for  the  Early  English  Text  Society.  The  original,  which 
is  preserved  in  Britwell  Library,  is  believed  to  be  unique. 

[1573-4J  Ane  I  Dialog  or  |  Mu-  |  tuall  talking  |  betuix  a  Clerk  |  and  ane 

120.    Cour-  1  teour.   Concerning  foure  Parische   Kirks  |  till   ane  Minister, 

Collectit  out  of  thair  |  mouthis,  and  put  into  verse  be  |  a  50ung  man 

quha    did    then  |  forgather    with    thame  |  in    his    Jornay,    as  |   efter 

followis.  I 

A  small  octavo  of  sixteen  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter.  There 
is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  are  found  on  the  versos  of  the  leaves, 
and  signatures  A  B^,  the  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  being 
signed.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank,  Aij — B  8  The  Dialogue.  This  little 
book  has  neither  date,  place,  nor  printer's  name  upon  it,  but  it 
has  been  traced  to  Lekpreuik's  press,  and,  as  we  have  stated,  for  it 
he  suffered  imprisonment  under  the  Act  of  1551  ("against  them  that 


Robert  Lekpreui/S s   Undated  Works.  271 

jDrints  bukis  concerning  the  faith,  ballatis,  sangis,  blasphematiounis 
rymes,  as  well  against  kirkmen  as  temporall ").  We  learn  from  the 
date  of  his  summons  that  it  was  printed  by  him  in  January,  1573-4, 
but  the  particulars  of  his  trial  and  the  extent  of  his  punishment  are 
unknown;  this  much  we  know — that  his  press  was  idle  during  the 
following  six  or  seven  years. 

The  author  of  this  composition,  John  Davidson,  was  then  a 
regent  in  St.  Leonard's  College,  St.  Andrews,  and  afterwards  became 
minister,  first  of  Liberton,  and  then  of  Prestonpans.  The  "Dialog" 
was  printed  without  the  knowledge  of  the  author,  but  on  that  account 
he  was  held  not  less  guilty.  He  was  "summoned  before  the  Justice 
Ayre  at  Haddington,"  and  sentence  of  imprisonment  pronounced 
against  him.  He  was  therefore  warded  in  Clerkington,  and  after- 
wards brought  to  Holyrood  House,  where  he  was  examined  before 
the  Regent  and  Council,  but  was  liberated  upon  bail  through  the 
urgent  entreaties  of  his  friends,  and  in  the  hope  that  he  might  be 
prevailed  upon  to  retract  what  he  had  written,  or  that  the  General 
Assembly  might  be  induced  to  condemn  it.  But  Davidson  would 
not  recant,  and  chose  to  exile  himself  in  England  and  the  Continent 
for  nearly  seven  years,  returning  only  after  the  downfall  of  Regent 
Morton,  and  just  before  his  execution.  Davidson  was  not  the  only 
author  who  came  under  the  lash  of  the  Regent's  vengeance.  One 
Turnbull,  a  schoolmaster  in  Edinburgh,  and  William  Scott,  a  notar, 
having  written  a  satire  against  him,  in  which  they  enumerated  with 
some  humour  all  his  real  or  fancied  delinquencies,  were  apprehended 
for  the  squib,  and  in  spite  of  every  application  for  mercy,  were  taken 
to  Stirling,  tried  and  executed.* 

Davidson's  "Dialog"  has  been  reprinted  in  his  "Poetical 
Remains,"  1829.  A  copy  of  the  original  is  in  the  library  of  the 
Faculty  of  Advocates,   Edinburgh. 

*  Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland,  Vol.  i.,  i.  126, 


272  Robert  LekprcuilSs   Undated  Works. 

[15S1]  Ane  Complaint  vpon  Fortoua.  | 

121.  A  folio  broadside,  printed  in  black-letter,  of  twenty-seven  eight- 

line  stanzas,  arranged  in  two  columns.  The  verses  conclude  with — 
"  Finis  quod  Sempill."  And  at  the  foot  of  the  sheet  is  "  B^" 
Imprintit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Lekprewicke,  dwelling  at  the 
Netherbow.  | 

This  piece  depicts  the  ups  and  downs  of  Regent  Morton's  life, 
and  appears  to  have  been  written  shortly  before  his  execution.  The 
only  copy  known  formerly  belonged  to  George  Daniel,  was  purchased 
by  Joseph  Lilly  at  his  sale,  and  is  now  in  the  Huth  Library. 


CHAPTER  XXI. 


THOMAS    BASSANDYNE. 


/^~^EORGE  CHALMERS,  in  his  manuscript  collections  on 
^^  printing,  writes: — -"The  name  of  Bassandyne  is  not  recog- 
nised in  Scottish  heraldry.  Our  printer  was  a  burgess  of  Edinburgh, 
which  seems  to  imply  that  he  served  his  apprenticeship  to  whatever 
master.  The  several  privileges  which  were  so  frequently  granted  to 
.  Lekpreuik  seem  to  preclude  any  grant  of  exclusive  rights  of  printing 
to  Bassandyne,  as  was  observed  by  the  late  William  Robertson,  who 
searched  the  records  for  such  documents.  His  privileges  were  all 
granted  specially  on  particular  occasions.  Such  is  life !  Lekpreuik, 
who  was  so  much  more  favoured,  acted  constantly  against  his  legiti- 
mate sovereign  :  Bassandyne,  who  enjoyed  no  such  favours,  acted  in 
support  of  his  legitimate  sovereign." 

Thomas  Bassandyne  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  acquired  the 
art  of  printing  abroad,  having  worked  both  in  Paris  and  Leyden 
before  commencing  business  in  Edinburgh.*  We  first  hear  of  him 
in  1568,  when  the  General  Assembly,  which  met  in  Edinburgh  on 
1st  July  of  that  year,  in  their  third  session  on  the  seventh  day  of  the 
same  month,  commanded  him  to  call  in  the  books  printed  by  him, 
entitled  "The  Fall  of  the  Roman  Kirk,"  wherein  the  King  was  called 
"  Supreme  head  of  the  primitive  kirk,"  and  to  keep  the  rest  unsold 

*  "Annals  of  the  English  Bible."     Chris.  Aiuierson,  1S63,  p.  Jji. 

L  L 


2  74  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

till  he  altered  the  aforesaid  title.  He  was  likewise  ordered  to  delete 
the  "baudie"  song,  "Welcome  Fortune,"  which  he  had  printed  at  the 
end  of  a  psalm  book,  without  licence,  and  the  Assembly  appointed 
Mr.  Alexander  Arbuthnot  (not  the  printer,  but  the  eminent  divine) 
to  revise  the  obnoxious  books,  and  to  report.* 

An  account  of  the  proceedings,  as  minuted  in  the  "  Booke  of 
the  Universall  Kirke,"  will  be  read  with  interest  by  our  readers: — 
"  It  was  delaitit  and  found  that  Thomas  Bassandine,  Printer  in 
Edinburgh,  imprintit  ane  booke,  intitulat  the  Fall  of  the  Romane 
Kirk,  nameing  our  king  and  soveraigne  supreame  head  of  the 
primitive  kirk  :  Also  that  he  had  printed  ane  psalme  booke,  in  the 
end  wherof  was  found  printed  ane  baudie  song  callit  Welcum 
Fortoun,  whilk  books  he  had  printit  without  licence  of  the  magis- 
trate, or  reviseing  of  the  Kirk  :  Therfor  the  haill  Assemblie  ordainit 
the  said  Thomas  to  call  in  againe  all  the  saids  bookes  that  he  hes 
sauld,  and  keip  the  rest  unsauld  untill  he  alter  the  forsaid  title,  and 
also  that  he  delete  the  said  baudie  song  out  of  the  end  of  the  psalm 
booke  :  And  farther,  that  he  abstaine  in  all  tyme  comeing  fra  farther 
printing  of  any  thing  without  licence  of  the  supreame  magistrate, 
and  reviseing  of  sick  things  as  pertaine  to  religioun  be  some  of  the 
Kirk  appointit  for  that  purpose.  Attour  the  Assemblie  appointit 
Mr.  Alexander  Arbuthnet  to  revise  the  rest  of  the  forsaid  tractat, 
and  report  to  the  Kirk  what  doctrine  he  find  therin."t 

In  the  struggle  of  parties  which  agitated  Scotland  during  that 
time,  Bassandyne  seems  to  have  espoused  the  side  of  the  Queen, 
whose  partizans  held  possession  of  Edinburgh  Castle.  So  active  a 
part  does  he  appear  to  have  taken  in  her  cause,  that  he  became  a 
marked  man,  against  whom  the  prevailing  powers  considered  it 
necessary  to  take  harsh  measures.     Accordingly,  in  January,  1 571-2, 

*  Caldcrwood's  "  Iliitory  of  the  A'iri,'    Vol.  ii.,  p.  423. 
+  Vol.  1.,  p.  12^. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  275 

he  was  accused  of  treasonable  practises,  and  denounced  as  a  rebel.* 
In  the  Register  of  the  Privy  Seal  we  find  that  on  the  7U1  of  January, 
1571-2,  a  grant  was  passed  to  Hugh  Tod,  Clerk  to  Lord  Ruthven, 
Treasurer  of  the  escheat  of  the  property  of  Thomas  Bassandyne, 
burgess  of  Edinburgh,  convicted  by  an  assize,  and  denounced  a 
rebel  for  the  treasonable  withholding  of  the  Castle  and  burgh  of 
Edinburgh,  taking  part  with  the  rebels  and  traitors  therein,  t 

It  is  satisfactory  to  know  that  the  printer  did  not  remain  long 
under  the  censure  of  government,  for  on  the  7th  of  February,  1572-3, 
the  Lord  Regent  Morton  granted  him  a  remission  on  payment  of 
£t(y  13s.  4d.  Scots.  J  The  Hugh  Tod  above  named  was  afterwards 
appointed  one  of  the  printer's  executors  along  with  Kate  Norvell, 
Bassandyne's  wife.  It  is  probable  that  Tod  was  related,  either  as 
nephew  or  uncle,  to  Bassandyne,  whose  mother  was  named  Alisoun 
Tod. 

Bassandyne's  offences  against  the  ecclesiastical  authorities  were 
perhaps  well-nigh  forgotten  when  he  endeavoured  to  make  amends 
for  his  misdemeanours,  by  offering,  along  with  his  friend  Alexander 
Arbuthnet,  to  undertake  the  printing  of  a  Bible— the  first  which  had 
been  attempted  in  Scotland — if  the  kirk  would  assist  them  in  their 
enterprise.  Whether  this  step  actually  originated  with  the  printers 
is  not  very  certain  ;  but,  at  anyrate,  upon  the  7th  of  March,  1574-5, 
they  made  their  proposals  to  the  General  Assembly  to  execute  the 
work,  and  the  kirk  readily  agreed  to  second  the  project.  We  lay 
these  most  interesting  documents  before  our  readers,  printed  at 
length  from  the  "  Booke  of  the  Universall   Kirke": — 

"  Alexander  Arbuthnet,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  presented  to  the 
General  Assembly  certain  articles  for  printing  of  the  English  Bible ; 

*  Bannatyne' s  "Journal,"  p.  J14. 

t  A'egts/er  of  the  Privy  Seal,  B.xl.,  fol.  42. 

Xlbid.y  B.xli.,  fol.  j6,_Trcasiirer^s  Accounts. 


2/6  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

quherof,  with  the  answers  of  the  brethren,  the  tenor  followeth : 
Imprimis  Anent  the  godly  proposition  made  to  the  Bishops,  Superin- 
tendents, Visitors,  and  Commissioners,  in  this  General  Assembly,  be 
Alexander  Arbuthnet,  Merchant  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  and  Thomas 
Bassanden,  Printer  and  burgess  of  the  said  burgh,  for  printing  and 
setting  forward  of  the  Bible  in  the  English  tongue,  conform  to  the 
Proof  given  and  subscribed  with  their  hands  :  It  is  agreed  betwixt 
this  present  Assembly  and  the  said  Alexander  and  Thomas,  That 
every  Bible  which  they  shall  receive  advancement  for,  shall  be  sold 
in  albis  for  four  pound  thirten  shilling  4  pennies  scotts,  keeping  the 
volum  and  character  of  the  saids  Proofs  delivered  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  Assembly. 

"  Item,  For  advancement  of  the  godly  and  necessary  work  and 
furtherance  therof,  and  homebringing  of  men  and  other  provisions 
for  the  same :  The  Bishops,  Superintendents,  and  Commissioners, 
bearing  charge  within  this  realm  underwritten,  viz.  James,  Archbishop 
of  Glasgow,  Moderator,  &c.,  have  in  presence  of  the  said  Assembly 
faithfully  bound  and  obliged  them  and  every  one  of  them,  That  they 
shall  travell  and  do  their  utter  and  exact  diligence,  for  purchasing  of 
such  advancement  as  may  be  had  and  obtained  within  every  one  of 
their  jurisdictions,  at  the  hands  of  the  Lords,  Barrons,  and  Gentlemen 
of  every  paroch  ;  as  also  with  the  whole  Burrows  within  the  same ; 
and  shall  try  how  many  of  them  will  be  content  to  buy  one  of  the 
saids  volumes,  and  will  advance  voluntarly  the  foresaid  price,  whole, 
or  half  at  the  least,  in  part  of  payment,  and  the  rest  at  the  receipt 
of  their  books  ;  and  shall  try  what  every  burgh  will  contribute  to 
the  said  work,  to  be  recompensed  again  in  the  books  in  the  prices 
foresaid  ;  and  so  many  as  be  content  to  the  advancement  of  the 
work  foresaid,  that  the  said  Bishops,  Superintendents,  and  Visitors, 
collect  the  said  summs  and  inroll  the  samen  with  their  names,  what 
every  one  of  them  gives  ;  which  roll,  subscribed  with  their  hands. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  277 

and  money,  shall  be  sent  be  them  to  the  said  Alexander  and  Thomas, 
betwixt  and  the  last  of  Aprile  nixt  to  come,  and  shall  receive,  upon 
their  deliverance  of  the  saids  sumnis  and  rolls,  the  said  Alexander 
and  Thomas  handwritt ;  to  the  effect  they  and  their  cautioners  may 
be  charged  for  the  said  books  conform  to  their  receipt. 

"  Item,  That  every  person  that  is  provided  of  old  as  well  as  of 
new,  be  compelled  to  buy  a  bible  to  their  paroich  kirk,  and  to  advance 
therefore  the  price  foresaid,  and  the  said  prices  to  be  collected  and 
inbrought  by  said  Bishops,  Superintendents,  and  Visiters,  within 
each  bounds  and  shire  within  their  jurisdiction,  betwixt  and  the  last 
day  of  June  ;  and  because  the  said  act  appertains  and  is  expedient  to 
be  ratified  by  my  Lord  Regents  Grace,  and  the  Lords  of  the  Secret 
Council,  and  an  act  of  Council  to  be  made  thereupon :  The  Assembly 
ordains  Mr  David  Lindsay,  Minister  of  Leith,  Mr  James  Lowson, 
Minister  of  Edinburgh,  and  Alexander  Hay,  Clerk  of  Council,  to 
travell  with  his  Grace  and  Lordships  for  obtaining  the  samine, 
together  with  the  priviledge  of  the  said  Alexander  and  Thomas 
for  imprinting  of  the  said  work.  The  Kirk  ordains  the  said  Mr 
James  and  Mr  David  to  travell  with  Mr  Andrew  Polwart  and 
Mr  George  Young,  or  any  of  them,  for  correcting  of  the  said  Bible, 
and  to  appoint  a  reasonable  gratitude  therefore  at  the  cost  of  the 
said  Alexander  and  Thomas. 

"  Item,  The  Kirk  hath  promised  to  deliver  the  authentick  copy, 
which  they  shall  follow,  to  them  betwixt  and  the  last  day  of  Aprile. 

"  Item,  For  reforming  [?  performing]  of  the  said  work  by  the  said 
Alexander  and  Thomas ;  they  have  found  cautioners,  Archibald 
Sein:;eur  and  James  Norvell  burgess  of  Edenburgh,  with  themselves 
conjunctly  and  severally,  that  they  shall  deliver  sa  many  books  as 
they  shall  deliver  advancement  for  perfecting  of  the  said  work,  which 
shall  be,  God  willing,  betwixt  and  the  last  of  March,  the  year  of  God 
1576   years;    and  the  said  Alexander  and  Thomas  are  bound   and 


278  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

oblidged  to  releive  them.  Sic  subscribitur  Alexander  Arbuthnet, 
with  my  hand,  Archibald  Sein';eour,  James  Noryell,  with  my  hand. 
Thomas  Bassanden,  with  my  hand. 

"Answer  of  the  Generall  Assembly  to  the  saids  Articles  in  their 
order. 

"  To  the  first  article,  answered,  Referres  the  process  to  the 
Counsell. 

"  To  the  second,  The  Kirk  promises  faithfully. 

"  The  Kirk  gives  Commission  to  the  persons  following,  to  wit, 
to  Mr  Robert  Pont,  Mr  James  Lowson,  Mr  David  Lindsay, 
Mr  James  Carmichell,  Mr  Andrew  Polwart,  Mr  Peter  Young, 
or  any  three  of  them,  to  oversee  every  book  before  it  be  printed, 
and  lykways  to  oversee  the  labours  of  others  that  have  travelled 
therein,  to  be  given  in  to  the  printing  betwixt  and  the  last  of  Aprile."* 

The  Privy  Council  likewise  took  up  the  matter  with  spirit,  and 
arrangements  were  entered  into  by  which  the  payment  for  a  large 
number  of  copies  was  ensured.  Wodrow,  in  his  life  of  Archbishop 
Boyd,  gives  the  following  account  of  the  transaction,  which  we 
print  at  length  : — 

"  Upon  the  opening  of  this  Assembly  [which  met  at  Edinburgh, 
March  7,  1575],  application  was  made  to  the  Regent,  and  council, 
and  estates,  for  an  Act  oblidging  every  parish  to  take  one  of  [the] 
bibles  at  this  time  printing  by  the  contract  betwixt  the  Assembly  and 
Mrs  Arbuthnot  and  Bassanden  printers,  of  which  ther  are  fuller 
accounts  in  Mr  Alexander  Arbuthnot's  Life.  I  have  before  me  an 
originall  Act  of  Council  made  upon  this  application,  which  probably 
was  given  to  the  Bishop  [Boyd]  being  Moderator  of  this  Assembly. 
Its  in  a  very  fair  hand,  which  comes  very  near  print,  and  runs  thus : 
'  Jame.s,  be  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  Scottis,  to  our  Lovitis 

'  "Boo/ie  cf  the  Univeisall  A'irke,"  pp.  32'J-g. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  279 

Messengers,  our  Schiriffis  in  that  part  conjunctlie  and  severallie 
speciallie  constitute,  greeting,  Forasmuch  as  our  richt  trustie  cousing 
James  Earle  of  Mortoun,  Lord  of  Dalkeitli,  Regent  to  us,  our  realme, 
our  leidges,  nobilitie,  estaits  and  Lords  of  our  privie  Counsel, 
presentlie  conveened,  understanding  be  the  supplication  of  the 
Bishoppis,  Superintendentis  and  Commissioners  of  the  Diocies 
within  our  Realme,  how  greatlie  it  sail  tend  to  the  advancement 
of  the  true  religioun,  and  instructioun  of  the  people  professing  the 
same  within  our  Realme,  that  in  everilk  paroche  Kirke  there  be  a 
byble  remaining  in  sic  form  as  sail  be  thocht  expedient  be  the  Kirke 
and  allouit  and  set  furth  be  our  authoritie,  and  that  thair  is  gude 
characteris  and  printing  irins  alreadie  within  our  Realme,  proper  and 
sufficient  for  wirking  and  imprinting  the  said  bible  :  and  that  ^it  the 
charge  and  hesard  of  the  wark  will  be  great  and  sumptouse,  and  may 
not  well  be  performit  without  everie  parochin,  als  weil  to  burgh  as  to 
landart,  advance  the  soume  of  five  poundis,  viz.,  for  the  price  of  the 
said  bible,  weel  and  sufficientlie  bounde  in  paist  or  tymmen,  four 
poundis  xiij  sh.  and  viij  pennies,  and  for  the  collection  the  uther  sax 
shillings  and  aucht  pennies  :  Theirfor  our  saids  Regent,  Nobility  and 
Estaits  and  Counsile,  allouing  of  the  said  overture,  and  willing  to 
extend  our  authoritie  to  the  furtherance  thairof,  has  ordeaned  that 
the  said  soume  sail  be  collectit  of  everie  parochine  be  the  Bischoppis, 
Superintendents,  and  Commissioneris  of  sic  personnis  as  they  sail 
appoint  to  the  collectioun  thairof,  and  the  same  inbrocht  and  deliverit 
to  Alexander  Arbuthnot  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  the  furnissar  of  the 
said  wark,  betwixt  and  the  first  clay  of  July  next  to  cume,  and  has 
commandit  thir  our  letteris  to  be  direct  to  that  effect ;  Our  will  is 
heirfor  and  we  charge  you  straitlie  and  commands,  that  incontinent 
thir  our  letteris  seen,  ^e  pass  and  in  our  name  and  authoritie  com- 
mand and  charge  the  principallis  and  headismen  of  every  parochine, 
alsweil  to  burgh  as  landwart,  to  collect  and  contribute  the  said  soume 


2  So  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

of  five  poundis  within  the  parochine,  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 

Biscop,  Superintendent,  or  Commissioner  of  the  diocie,  or  sic  as  sail 

be  appointed  be  him  to  ressave  the  same  within  ten  dayes  after  the 

[they]   be  charged   be  -^ou  thairto,  to  the  effect  the  same  may  be 

inbrocht     with    diligence,     and     deliverit    to    the     said    Alexander 

Arbuthnot  betwixt  and  the  said  first  day  of  July,  under  the  pain  of 

rebellion  and  putting  thame  to  our  home  ;  and  thai  fail^ie  thairin, 

the  said  ten  dayes  being  past,  that  -^e  incontinent  therafter  denounce 

them  our  rebellis  and  put  them  to  our  home  and  escheit,  and  inbring 

all  their  moveable  gudes  to  our  use,  for  thair  contemptioun,  as  je 

will  answer  to  us  thairupon.     The  whilke  to  do  we  committ  to  you 

conjunctlie  and  severallie  our  full  power  be  thir  our  letteris,  delivering 

them  be  you  dulie  execut  and  indorsat  be  [to]  the  bearer.     Given 

under  our  hand,  at  Halyrude-hous,  the  aught  day  of  March,  and  of 

our  reigne  the  aught  3eir,  1575. 

Per  Actum  Secreti  Consilii.'  "  * 

Here  we  may  pause  to  consider  the  fact  that  the  inhabitants  of 

Scotland   had  so  long  to  wait,   after   the  introduction  of  printing, 

before    they  could    obtain  a  copy  of  the    Holy   Scriptures,   in    the 

vernacular,  without  importing  it  either  from  England  or  from  the 

Continent.      It  is  true  that  not  until  the  22nd  of  March,  1564,  was 

permission  granted  to  Lekpreuik  to  print  any  part  of  the  Bible  in 

the  vulgar  tongue  ;  and  on  February  8th,  15^5,  he  was  authorised  to 

print  the  Psalms  of  David  in  Scottish  metre.     This  we  believe  to 

have  been  the  first  part  of  the  sacred  writings  printed  in  Scotland 

in  a  tongue  which  the  common  people  could  understand.     Lekpreuik, 

however,  held  a  licence  to  print  the  whole  Bible  in  the  translation 

commonly  known  as  the  Geneva  Bible.     This  licence  he  obtained  on 

the  14th  of  April,  1568,  but  he  never  made  any  step  whatsoever,  so 

far  as  we  know,  towards  taking  advantage  of  his  privilege. 

•  "  Colteclioiis  upon  the  Lives  of  I  lie  Refoniiers"  Rei>.  Robert  WoJrow,  Vol.  i.,  p.  214.     Glasgow, 
i8j.f  [Afaitlaiui  Cliih]. 


Thotnas  Bassandytte.  281 

The  undertaking  of  Bassandyne  and  Arbuthnet  was  a  great  one, 
for  the  Bible  was  to  be  in  folio,  and  the  printers  had  probably  mis- 
calculated the  outlay,  time,  material,  and  such  like,  which  its 
completion  would  require,  when  they  engaged  to  have  it  published 
within  eleven  months.  It  is  probable  that  the  furnishings  of  their 
printing  office  were  limited,  and  unable  to  do  speedy  justice  to  so 
large  a  volume,  for  it  was  not  till  after  the  middle  of  the  year  1579 
that  the  whole  Bible  was  completed  and,  delivered.  It  will  be 
interesting  to  note  the  progress  of  the  work  as  illustrated  by  the 
various  records  to  which  we  have  had  access. 

Not  satisfied  with  the  hearty  accord  granted  to  their  request  in 
March,  1575,  a  new  application  was  made  by  Arbuthnet  at  the  next 
General  Assembly,  which  met  in  August  that  same  year,  asking  the 
church  to  encourage  the  undertaking  to  the  utmost  of  their  power : — 

"  Whereas  it  is  not  unknown  to  your  Wisdoms,  what  great  work 
and  charge  I  have  enterprised,  concerning  the  imprinting  of  the 
Bible,  for  accomplishing  whereof,  your  Wisdoms  understood  that  the 
office  of  a  corrector,  his  diligence  and  attendance  therein,  is  most 
necessary  ;  and  therefore  I  humbly  desire  your  Wisdoms  to  request 
my  Lord  Abbot  of  Dunfermline  to  licentiate  Mr.  George  Young,  his 
servant,  whom  I  think  most  fit  to  attend  upon  the  said  work  of 
correctorie,  to  concur  and  assist  me  during  the  time  of  my  travell, 
to  the  effect  that  the  notable  work  begun  and  enterprised  may  be 
consummat  and  perfected  in  all  points.  The  charges  and  expenses 
of  his  travells  I  shall  reasonably  deburse  conforme  to  your  Wisdoms' 
discretion,  so  that  the  work  may  pass  forward  and  be  decent,  as  the 
honesty  of  the  same  requires  ;  whereunto  I  require  your  Wisdoms' 
diligent  answer.  And  in  like  manner  it  is  not  unknown  to  your 
Wisdoms  that  for  the  furtherance  of  the  same  godly  work,  tane  in 
hand  by  me,  the  order  is  tane  that  the  bishops,  superintendents,  and 
commissioners,  should  diligently  travell  for  the  collecting,  inbringing, 

M  M 


282  TJioinas  Dassandyne. 

and  execution  of  the  charge  of  our  Sovereign  Lord's  letters,  direct 
to  that  effect.  In  consideration  whereof  I  earnestly  desire  your 
Wisdoms  to  command  and  charge  every  ordinar  within  his  jurisdiction 
to  put  the  said  letters  in  due  execution,  and  make  me  to  be  paid  con- 
form to  the  tenor  of  the  same  ;  whereby  the  godly  enterprise  of  the 
samine  may  take  full  effect  with  expedition.  And  becaus  your 
Wisdoms  sufficiently  understand,  that  the  concurrence  of  my  Lord 
Feuar  of  Orkney,  shall  greatly  help  to  the  expedition  of  the  said 
work  within  his  Lordship's  bounds,  I  humbly  desire  supplication  and 
request  to  be  made  to  the  said  Lord,  that  he  would,  within, the  bounds 
of  his  jurisdiction,  cause  obedience  and  payment  be  made,  conform 
to  the  tenor  of  the  said  letters  :  whereby  I  your  Wisdoms'  servitor 
shall  pretermit  no  kind  of  diligence,  expenses,  or  possible  power  in 
me  lyeth,  that  so  the  said  godly  work  may  take  full  furtherance,  to 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  weal  of  his  Kirk." 

Again,  on  30th  June,  1576,  we  find  Bassandyne  and  Arbuthnet 
applying  for  and  receiving  letters  of  privilege  authorising  them  to 
print  and  publish  the  Bible,  and  protecting  them  against  imported 
copies : — 

"  Ane  letter  maid  to  Alexander  Arbuthnet  burges  of  Edinburgh 
and  Thomas  Bassindyne  prentare  and  burges  of  the  said  burgh 
Gevand  grantand  and  committand  to  thame  licence  and  priuilege  to 
prent  and  caus  be  imprentit  set  furth  and  sauld  within  this  realme  or 
outwith  the  samin  Bibillis  in  the  vulgare  Inglis  toung  in  haill  or  in 
partis  with  ane  callindare  to  be  insert  thairin  for  the  space  of  ten 
jeiris  nixt  and  immediatlie  following  the  first  begynning  quhilk  was 
the  xxvij  day  of  Merche  the  3eir  of  God  I"'v=  Ixxvj  jeiris  of  the  said 
volume  fra  thynfwrth  to  indure  ay  and  quhill  the  full  completing 
and  furthrynnyng  of  the  saidis  ten  ^eires  allanerlie  with  power  &c. 
Dischargeing  all  and  sindrie  his  hienes  liegis  of  quhatsumeuir  estait 
or  degre  thai  be  of  alsweil  to  burgh  as  to  land  as  alsua  strangearis 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  283 

repairing  within  this  realme  That  nane  of  thamc  talc  vpoun  hand  at 
ony  tyme  eftir  the  publicatioun  of  this  his  hienes  priuilege  during  the 
said  space  of  ten  ^eiris  To  prent  or  cause  be  imprentit  in  ony  car- 
fecture  or  lettir  translatioun  or  volume  quhatsumeuir  sell  or  caus  be 
sauld  brocht  hame  or  distribute  to  ony  persoun  or  persounes  (except 
with  the  consent  of  the  saidis  Alexander  and  Thomas)  vnder  the 
pane  of  confiscatioun  nocht  onlie  of  the  saidis  volumes  quhilk  sal 
happin  to  be  sua  fund  with  ony  persoun  Bot  alsua  that  the  persoun 
offendane  and  contravenan  of  the  premisses  or  ony  part  thairof  To 
pay  the  sowme  of  ane  hundreth  pundis  sa  oft  as  thai  sal!  happin  to 
be  apprehendit  thairwith  The  ane  half  of  the  said  confiscatioun  and 
soumes  to  be  ressavit  to  oure  soverane  Lordis  vse  and  the  uther  half 
to  the  saidis  Thomas  and  Alexanderis  vses  And  this  priuilege  to 
indure  the  foirsaid  space  Providing  that  thai  sell  the  saidis  bibillis  to 
all  oure  souerane  Lordis  liegis  according  to  the  prices  appointit  viz. 
everie  bibill  for  four  pundis  xiij  s  iiij  d  with  all  and  sindrie  fredomes 
commoditeis  &c." 

Notwithstanding  the  support  and  encouragement  given  to  the 
printers,  numerous  hindrances  and  delays  occurred.  Arbuthnet's 
cautioner  had  died,  and  longer  time  was  required  to  complete  the 
work  than  had  appeared  necessary  when  first  undertaken.  On  the 
1 8th  of  July,  1576,  they  again  applied  to  the  Privy  Council,  requesting 
nine  months  grace  from  March  of  that  year,  within  which  time  they 
promised  to  fulfil  their  obligations,  naming  new  sureties  for  Arbuthnet, 
and  requesting  registration  of  their  bond.  The  entry  in  the  Privy 
Council  Register  is  as  follows  : — 

"  The  quhilk  day,  in  presens  of  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and 
Lordis  of  Secreit  Counsale,  comperit  Maister  Henry  M<^Calyeane 
procaratour  for  Alexander  Arbuthnot  burges  of  Edinburgh,  David 
Guthre  of  Kincaldrum,  Williame  Guthre  of  Halkertoun,  Williame 
Rynd  of  Carse,  and  James  Arbuthnot  of  Lentusche,  and  gaif  in  this 


284  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

band  and  obligatioun  underwrlttin,  and  wes  content  and  consentis 
that  the  samyn  sould  be  actit  and  registrat  in  the  bukis  of  Secreit 
Counsale,  and  decernit  to  have  the  strenth  of  ane  act  and  decreit  of 
the  Lordis  thairof,  and  thair  authoritie  to  be  interponit  thairto,  and 
letters  and  executoriallis  to  be  direct  thairupoun  in  forme  as  efferis. 
Of  the  quhilk  obligatioun  the  tennour  followis.  Be  it  kend  till  all 
men  be  thir  present  letters,  we,  Alexander  Arbuthnot  merchand, 
and  Thomas  Bassinden  imprentair,  burgessis  of  Edinburgh  :  That 
forsamekill  as  oure  Soverane  Lord,  with  avise  and  consent  of  his 
rycht  traist  cousing  James  Erll  of  Mortoun  Lord  of  Dalkeyth, 
Regent  to  his  Hienes  his  realme  and  liegis,  hes  grantit  us,  not 
onelie  licence  for  imprenting  of  the  Bybill,  bot  als  hes  causit  us  be 
avanceit  of  the  pryces  of  a  greit  nowmer  of  the  same  Bybillis  afoir 
hand,  for  furthering  of  the  werk, — and  that  be  contributioun  of 
parrochynnaris  of  the  parroch  kirkis,  inbrocht  and  collectit  be  the 
laubouris  and  diligence  of  the  Bischoppis  Superintendentis  and 
Visitouris  of  the  Dyoceis  and  cuntreis,  according  to  ane  ordour  and 
aggrement  maid  betuix  thame  and  us,  allowit  and  authorizit  be  the 
Regentis  Grace.  And  in  respect  that  the  werk  hes  not  yit  takin 
effect,  in  respect  of  the  impedimentis  occurring,  as  alsua  that— sen 
the  conditioun  making,  the  souirtie  fund  be  me  the  said  Alexander 
Arbuthnot  is  departit  this  lyff,— it  hes  plesit  the  Regentis  Grace  yit 
to  grant  unto  us  the  space  of  nyne  monethis  following  the  last  day  of 
Marche  instant  for  wirking  and  performing  of  the  said  werk,  within 
the  quhilk  space  we  have  promittit  that  the  werk  salbe  accomplissit, 
and  the  bukis  deliverit  to  the  debursaris  of  the  said  avancement  and 
contributioun,  conforme  to  the  said  aggrement; — thairfoir  to  be 
bundin  and  obleist,  and  be  the  tennour  heirof  bindis  and  obleissis  us, 
conjunctlie  and  severalie,  as  principallis;  David  Guthre  of  Kincaldrum, 
Williame  Guthre  of  Halkertoun,  Williame  Rynd  of  Kerse  and  James 
Arbuthnot  of  Lentusche,  as  souirteis,  conjunctlie  and  severalie   for 


TJiomas  Bassandyne.  285 

me,  the  said  Alexander  Arbuthnot ;  and  James  Norwell  burges  of 
Edinburgh,  as  souirtie  for  me  the  said  Thomas  Bassinden,  our  airis 
and  executouris  ;  that  we  sail  wirk,  end,  and  perfyte  the  said  werk  of 
imprenting  of  the  Bybill  dewlie  and  sufficientlie,  within  the  said  space 
of  nyne  monethis  nixt  following  the  said  last  day  of  Marche  instant, 
and  sail  deliver  the  bukis,  bund  in  blak  and  claspit,  to  the  use  of 
every  parrochyn  that  hes  avanceit  and  gevin  the  said  contributioun 
for  furthering  of  the  said  werk,  howsone  eftir  the  end  of  the  saidis 
nyne  monethis  as  we  salbe  requirit  be  ony  ane  of  the  parrochyn,  or 
ony  uther  in  name  of  the  same,  havand  thair  directioun  to  ressave 
the  said  Bybill, — but  forder  delay,  fraude  or  gyle  ;  and  in  caise  of 
failye,  sail  rander  and  deliver  the  money  ressavit  be  us,  to  every  ane 
parrochyn  thair  awin  part  and  portioun.  And  als  we,  the  saidis 
Alexander  and  Thomas  obleissis  us,  oure  airis  and  executouris,  to 
releif  and  keip  skaythles  our  saidis  souirteis  respective,  of  the 
premissis,  and  of  all  pane  and  dangeare  that  thay  sal  happin  to 
sustene  thairthrow  ;  and  heirto  we  bind  and  obleissis  us  as  said  is, 
oure  airis  and  executouris,  to  oure  Soverane  Lord  and  the  debursaris 
and  avancearis  of  the  said  money,  and  thair  successouris,  in  the 
stratest  forme  and  sicker  style  of  obligatioun  that  can  be  divisit  or 
maid,  na  remeid  or  exceptioun  of  law  to  be  proponit  or  allegeit  in 
the  contrair,  renunceand  the  same  for  us,  oure  airis  and  executouris, 
for  evir.  Attour,  we  ar  content  and  consentis  that  this  oure  obliga- 
tioun be  actit  and  registrat  in  the  bukis  of  Secreit  Counsale,  to  have 
the  strenth  of  ane  act  and  decreit  of  the  Lordis  thairof,  and  that 
letters  and  executoriallis  of  horning  or  poinding  be  direct  thairupoun 
in  forme  as  efferis  ;  and  for  acting  and  registratioun  of  the  same  in 
the  saidis  bukis,  and  consenting  that  letters  and  executoriallis  be 
direct  as  said  is,  to  have  made,  constitute  and  ordanit — and  be  the 
tennour  heirof  makis,  constitutis  and  ordanis — Maister  Henry  Mak- 
calyeane,  etc.,  conjunctlie  and  severalie,  oure  procuratouris,  in  uberiori 


286  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

forma  promittendo  de  rato.  In  witnes  of  the  quhilk  thing  we  have 
subscrivit  this  present  obligatioun  with  our  handis  as  followis,  at 
the  xvi,  xvii,  and  xviii  dayis  of  Marche  respective,  the 
yeir  of  God  j'"v<=lxxv  yeris,  befoir  thir  witnessis.  Sic  subscribitur : 
David  Guthre  of  Kincaldrum.  Thomas  Bassindane.  A.  Arbuthnet 
with  my  hand.  WilHame  Guthre  of  Halkartoun.  WilHame  Rynd 
of  Carse.     James  Norwell  with  my  hand.     James  Arbuthnott."  * 

Robert  Chambers  remarks  that  A.rbuthnet's  sureties  were  "all 
Forfarshire  gentlemen, — a  fact  arguing  that  Arbuthnet  himself  was 
of  the  same  district."  t 

Bassandyne  appears  to  have  sought  help  on  the  continent  to 
supplement  his  staff  of  native  workmen  in  the  printing  office.  The 
action  raised  against  him  by  a  foreign  workman  named  Salomon 
Kerknett  of  Magdeburg,  who  acted  as  a  compositor  at  a  weekly 
wage  of  forty-nine  shillings,  throws  some  little  light  on  the  troubles 
of  the  printer  at  that  time. 

On  the  5th  of  January,  1576-7,  Salomon  Kerknett  made  a 
complaint  to  the  Regent  that  Bassandyne  had  refused,  since  23rd 
December  last,  to  pay  him  his  wages  according  to  agreement.  The 
Regent,  after  due  consideration,  ordered  Bassandyne  to  pay  Kerknett 
his  arrears,  and  to  pay  him  at  the  stipulated  rate  till  the  work  should 
be  completed.  The  case  was  deliberated  in  the  Privy  Council,  the 
following  being  the  record  of  the  proceedings  : — 

"  Anent  the  complaint  maid  to  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and 
Lordis  of  Secreit  Counsale  be  Salamon  Kcrknet  of  Madeburgh, 
composer  of  the  werk  of  the  Bybill,  makand  mentioun  ; — that  quhair 
Thomas  Bassinden  maister  of  the  said  werk  causit  bring  the  said 
Salamon  furth  of  Flanderis,  quhair  he  wes  at  his  laubour  in  com- 
posing, and  quhen  he  come  in  Scotland  he  changeit  the  contract  that 

"  Ke:^isUr  of  the  Privy  Council  of  Siot/niiii,  Vol.  it.,  pp.  ^.f4-S-f('. 
f  Domestic  Annals,  Vol.  »'.,  /.  /o/. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  287 

wes  maid  with  him  in  Flanderis  and  maid  ane  new  contract,  quhairin 
wes  promeist  to  the  said  Salamon  owlklie  fra  the  begynning  of  the 
Bybill  to  the  end  thairof  xlix  s.,  as  the  said  contract  at  mair  Icnth 
proportis.  Nevirtheles,  the  said  Thomas  on  na  wayis  will  fulfill  his 
part  of  the  said  contract  to  the  said  Salamon,  be  payment  making  to 
him  of  his  saidis  wageis,  sen  the  xxiii  day  of  December  last  bipast, 
and  siclyke  in  tyme  cuming,  conforme  to  the  said  contract,  without 
he  be  compellit.  And  anent  the  charge  gevin  to  the  said  Thomas, 
to  compeir  personalie  befoir  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and  Lordis  of 
Secreit  Counsale  this  day,  to  answer  to  the  said  complaint,  under  the 
pane  of  rebellioun  and  putting  of  him  to  the  home;  with  certificatioun 
to  him  and  he  failyeit,  he  sould  be  denunceit  rebell  and  put  to  the 
home,  lyke  as  at  mair  lenth  is  contenit  in  the  said  complaint.  Bayth 
the  saidis  partiis  comperand  personalie,  thair  ressonis  and  allegationis 
being  hard  and  considerit  be  the  Regentis  Grace  and  Lordis  of 
Secreit  Counsall,  and  thay  ryplie  avisit  thairwith.  My  Lord  Regentis 
Grace,  with  avise  of  the  saidis  Lordis,  decernis  and  ordanis  the  said 
Thomas  to  mak  payment  to  the  said  Salamon  of  the  said  sowme  of 
xlix  s.  for  ilk  owlk  sen  the  said  xxiii  day  of  December  last,  and  siclyke 
owlklie  in  tyme  cuming  to  the  end  of  the  werk  of  the  said  Bybill, 
conforme  to  the  said  contract,  without  prejudice  to  the  said  Thomas 
to  persew  Alexander  Arbuthnot  burges  of  Edinburgh  for  his  releif 
of  the  said  owlklie  wageis  as  accordis  ;  and  ordanis  letters  to  be 
direct  heirupoun  gif  neid  be  in  forme  as  efferis."  * 

It  would  appear  that  the  New  Testament  had  been  the  first  part 
taken  in  hand,  or  at  least  finished,  as  its  titlepage  bears  the  date  1576, 
and  also  that  it  was  imprinted  by  Thomas  Bassandyne,  whereas  the 
date  on  the  general  title  is  1579,  and  the  printer  Alexander  Arbuthnet. 
Bassandyne  did  not  live  to  see  the  completion  of  the  work,  as  he  died 
in  October,  1577. 

*  Jiegister  of  the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland,  Vol.  ii. ,  /.  ^82. 


288  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

On  the  I  ith  January,  1576-7,  Arbuthnet  brought  a  charge  against 
Bassandyne  that  he  would  not  dehver  to  him,  as  he  had  contracted, 
the  printing-house,  and  the  Bible,  so  far  as  printed.  The  Regent, 
with  advice  of  the  Council,  ordered  Bassandyne  to  deliver  the 
printing-house  and  Bible  to  Arbuthnet,  before  the  end  of  the  month  : 

"Anent  the  complaint  maid  to  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and 
Lordis  of  Secreit  Counsale  be  Alexander  Arbuthnott,  burges  of 
Edinburgh,  makand  mentioun. — That  quhair  thair  is  ane  contract 
maid  betuix  him  and  Thomas  Bassinden,  buke  binder,  contenand  in 
effect  that  he  sould  deliver  to  the  said  Alexander,  with  all  possibill 
diligence,  the  werk  of  the  Bybill  ellis  prentit  with  the  prenting  hous 
and  necessaris  appertening  thairto  meit  for  setting  furthwart  of  the 
said  werk,  as  the  said  contract  at  mair  lenth  beris.  Nochtwithstanding, 
he  on  na  wayis  will  do  the  samyn  without  he  be  compellit,  quhairthrow 
the  said  werk  lyis  ydill  in  the  menetyme,  to  the  greit  hurt  of  the 
commoun  weill  of  this  realme.  And  anent  the  charge  gevin  to  the 
said  Thomas  to  compeir  befoir  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and  Lordis 
of  Secreit  Counsale  at  ane  certane  day  bipast,  to  answer  to  the  said 
complaint,  under  the  pane  of  rebellioun  and  putting  of  him  to  the 
home,  as  the  samyn  complaint  at  mair  lenth  beris;  the  said  Alexander 
Arbuthnot  comperand  personalie,  and  the  said  Thomas  Bassinden 
being  alsua  personalie  present,  with  Maister  Richert  Spens  his 
prelocutour,  thair  ressonis  and  allegationis,  with  the  said  contract, 
being  "hard  sene  and  considerit  be  my  Lord  Regentis  Grace  and 
Lordis  of  Secreit  Counsale,  and  thay  ryplie  avisit  thairwith.  My 
Lord  Regentis  Grace,  with  avise  of  the  saidis  Lordis,  ordanis  the 
said  Thomas,  to  deliver  to  the  said  Alexander  the  said  werk  of  the 
Bybill  ellis  prentit,  with  the  prenting  hous  and  necessaris  appertening 
thairto  meit  for  setting  furthwart  of  the  said  werk,  conforme  to  the 
said  contract,  betuix  the  dait  heirof  and  the  last  day  of  Januare 
instant,  and   ordanis  letters  to  be  direct  heirupoiin  gif  neld  be."  * 

*  Regiilcr  of  the  /'rivy  Council  of  ScollanJ,  Vol.  ii. ,  p.  S^J- 


Thotnas  Bassandyne.  289 

These  complaints  against  Bassandyne  are  not  easily  understood, 
for  although  his  means  may  have  been  temporarily  crippled  in 
consequence  of  the  great  work  he  had  undertaken,  yet  it  will  be 
seen  from  the  sequel  that  he  died  a  rich  man,  and  unencumbered 
with  debt.  The  further  details  relating  to  the  completion  and 
publication  of  the  Bible  will  be  narrated  in  a  subsequent  chapter 
dealing  with  the  life  of  Alexander  Arbuthnet. 

Bassandyne  died  on  the  i8th  of  October,  1577.  He  had  only 
one  child,  Aleson  (probably  named  after  her  grandmother),  who 
was  married  before  1593  to  David  Palmer,  burgess  of  Edinburgh. 
Bassandyne's  mother's  maiden  name,  as  we  have  already  mentioned, 
was  Alesoun  Tod,  and  from  her  he  rented  a  house  of  ^8  yearly 
value.  She  survived  her  son.  His  wife's  name  was  Catherine 
Norwell,  who  afterwards  married  Robert  Smyth,  Librar,  Burgess 
of  Edinburgh.  She  died  on  8th  August,  1593.  It  is  likely  that 
Bassandyne  was  by  no  means  an  old  man  when  he  died.  He 
appointed  Hew  Tod  and  his  wife  as  his  executors,  and  Henry 
Charteris  oversman,  but  Tod  and  Charteris  refused  to  accept  the 
responsibility.  He  left  the  sixth  part  of  his  wealth  to  his  wife,  and 
as  much  to  his  mother,  and  to  his  brother  Michael  and  his  bairnes, 
that  is,  ^335  to  each.  The  amount  of  his  "free  geir"  was  ^2009  4s., 
of  which  ;^i4i5  los.  8d.  was  the  value  of  his  stock  of  books  and 
printing  material.  Arbuthnet  was  owing  him  .^^500.  His  own  debts 
were  only  £\(i  6s.  8d.,  viz.,  "To  Bessie  Major-Banks,  relict  of 
umquhile  Johne  Spottiswood,  burges  in  Edinburgh  for  one  half 
jeris  male  of  the  buith  vi  li.  [this  was  his  shop  where  he  sold  his 
books  and  kept  his  stock].  Item  to  Alesoun  Tod,  mother  to  the 
defunct,  for  half  ane  ijeiris  male  of  the  house,  iiii  li.  Item  to  Robert 
Lekprick  for  his  half  3eris  pensioun.  fyve  merkis.  Item  to  Bessie 
Norwell,  servand,  for  hir  feis  and  bornetable  restand,  thrie  pundis." 
To  Robert  Lekpreuik  he  left  the  sum  of  ^20. 

N  N 


290  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

Bassandyne  had  an  Immense  stock  of  books.  The  "inventar' 
catalogues  350  different  works,  states  the  number  of  copies  of  each, 
the  prices  of  each  separate  copy,  and  the  "summa"  of  the  whole. 
Of  several  of  the  works  he  had  a  large  number  both  bound  and 
unbound.  For  instance,  he  had  "505  David  Lyndesayis  unbund, 
price  of  the  peice,  iij  s.  simifna  Ixxxx  li.  xv  s.  Item,  5  David 
Lyndesayis,  bund,  the  pece,  iiij  s.  summa  xx  s."  These  were 
probably  copies  of  his  own  printing,  and  the  bound  copies  are  valued 
at  one  shilling  additional.  He  had  "  1372  Psalmes  of  Prois,  unbund, 
price  of  the  pece,  ij  s.  summa  137  H.  4  s.  Item  32  of  the  same,  bund  in 
pase,  the  pece,  iij  s.  vi  d.  stimma  v  li.  xii  s."  Here  is.  6d.  is  the  value 
placed  on  the  binding.  He  had  300  copies  of  the  Romance  of  Gray 
Steill,  but  of  this  edition  no  copy  is  known.  A  copy  of  Titus  Livius, 
in  parchment,  price  xxxvi  s.  Another  copy  "on  pase,  price  v  H.," 
and  "ane  Aristotelis  Opera"  is  priced  4  li.  A  copy  of  the 
"  Cosmographia  Munsterii,"  unbound,  is  valued  at  viij  li.,  which  is 
the  most  expensive  work  in  the  stock. 

Of  printing  "  irnes  "  (types)  he  had  60  stones  weight,  valued  with 
their  cases  at  240  merks.  His  "  wark  lumes  for  binding  of  bukes" 
are  valued  at  £6  13s.  4d.,  and  his  printing  ink  and  "carpentyne" 
(turpentine)  at  £^.  He  had,  besides,  a  large  quantity  of  paper, 
parchment,  skins,   and  other  printing  and  binding  materials. 

From  the  nature  of  his  stock,  it  will  be  seen  that  Bassandyne 
carried  on  the  business  of  bookbinding  as  well  as  printing,  an 
arrangement  by  no  means  uncommon  amongst  the  early  printers. 
When  we  consider  the  size  of  his  stock,  and  the  comparatively 
large  sum  of  money  left  by  him  at  his  death,  we  naturally  conclude 
that  he  conducted  an  extensive  business.  But,  alas !  these  are  nearly 
the  only  evidences  we  have  of  his  printing  operations.  All  we  have 
left  of  his  works  are  a  few  broadsheets,  one  copy  out  of  the  510  of 
his  "  Dauid  Lyndesayis,"  three  incomplete  copies  of  a  Psalm  Book 


Thomas  Bassandyne. 


291 


printed  in  1575,  and  the  New  Testament,  which,  however,  was  not 
published  during  his  life-time. 

Bassandyne  never  styles  himself  King's  Printer,  but  we  find  an 
engraving  of  the  Royal  Arms  on  the  titlepage  of  the  New  Testament, 
which  is  repeated  on  that  of  the   Bible  bearing  Arbuthnet's  name. 


the  small  device  of 
in  Geneva.  The  device 
titlepage  of  a  work  by 
"An  Answer  to  a  great 
cavillations,  written  by 
The  initials  T.  B.,  for 
are  substituted  for  I.  C. 


Bassandyne  adopted 
John  Crespin,  a  printer 
is  similar  to  that  on  the 
John  Knox,  entitled 
nomber  of  blasphemous 
anAnabaptist&c,"i56o. 
Thomas      Bassandyne, 

Bassandyne's  place  of  business  was  in  the  Nether  Bow,  as  stated 
in  his  Lyndsay  and  Psalms,  but  other  houses  have  been  assigned  as 
the  residence  of  the  printer.  "At  the  head  of  The  Fountain  Close, 
(No.  28),  on  the  west  side,  is  a  house  supposed  to  have  been  that  of 
Thomas  Bassandyne,  a  printer  of  the  sixteenth  century.  On  the 
front  is  inscribed  a  verse  from  the  third  chapter  of  Genesis — '  In 
sudore  vultus  tui  veceris  pane  tuo ' — corresponding  with  the  text  of 
Guttenberg's  Bible,  printed  in  1455.  It  is  placed  between  two  heads 
in  high  relief — those  of  the  Emperor  Septimus  Severus  and  his  wife 
Julia — believed  to  be  pieces  of  Roman  sculpture."  *  This  slab,  in 
three  portions,  is  now  in  the  Antiquarian  Museum.  The  heads  are 
supposed  to  be  Roman  work,  and  the  inscription — the  letters  of  which 
are  bold  gothic — is  of  later  date.  The  exact  site  of  Bassandyne's  house 
in  the  Nether  Bow  is  indicated  by  the  witness  George  Dalgleish  in 
the  investigation  of  Darnley's  murder — "efter  they  enterit  within  the 
[Nether  Bow]  Port,  thai  3eid  up  abone  Bassyntine's  house,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  gait."  t  The  building  which  at  present  occupies 
that  site  is  of  later  date  than  Bassandyne's  time. 


*  Oliver  &=  Boyd's  "  Guuie  to  Eahiliitrgh,"  iS6o,  f,  23. 
■\Pitcaini's  "  Crimhtal  Trials,"  Supplement,  p.  4gs. 


292  Thotnas  Bassatidyne. 

Bassandyne's  will  and  the  inventory  of  his  belongings  is  of  so 
great  interest  that  we  have  reprinted  it  from  the  Miscellany  of  the 
Bannatyne  Club,  Vol.  11.,  where  the  wills  of  Edinburgh  printers, 
found  in  the  General  Register  House,  form  part  of  that  interesting 
and  scarce  volume,  edited  by  the  late  Dr.  David  Laing. 

(Vol.  VII.)  The  Testament  Testamentar,  AND  I NUENTAR 

Thomas  Bassinden    of  the  gudis,  geir,  soumes  of  money,  and  dettis 
Sexto  Februarij        pertening   to    vmquhile   Thomas    Bassinden, 
1579  Prentar,    burges   in    Edinburgh,    the    tyme   of 

his  deceis,  quha  deceist  vpoun  the   xviij  day 
of  October,    the   5eir  of  God   I"".   V<=.   Ixxvij 
^eris,  faithfullie  maid  and  geuin  vp  be  Katha- 
rine Norwell,  his  relict,  and  Hew  Tod,  writar, 
quhome  he  nominat  his  Executours  testament- 
aris  in  his  Letter  Will  vnderwrittin,  of  the  dait 
vpoun  the  xv  day  of  October  the  ^eir  of  God 
I"\    V=.   Ixxvij   5eris   foirsaid,   befoir  thir  wit- 
nesses,  James  Norwell,    Robert  Tod,    Robert 
Gourlaw,   Patrik  Ker,  and  George  Tod,  with 
vtheris  diuers. 
In  the  first  the  said  vmquhile  Thomas  Bassinden,  prentar,  had 
the  gudis,  geir,  soumes  of  money,  and  dettis,  of  the  avale  and  prices 
eftir  following,  pertening  to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceis  foirsaid,  viz. — 
In   his  buith,    Lxxxxij    Psalmorum   Buchanani,   price  of  the  pece, 
iiii  s. — summa,  xviii  li.  viii  s.       Item,  ane  buk  of  the    Epistillis  of 
Cicero,    in    Frensche    and    Latine,    price   xii  s.      Item,    tua    Magia 
Naturis,  price  of  the  pece,  v  s. — summa,  x  s.     Item,  sex  bukes  of 
Encheridion  Bonospergi,  price  of  the  pece,  iii  s.  vi  d. — summa,  xxi  s. 
Item,  foure  Precationes  Rothensis,  price  of  the  pece,  xviii  d. — summa, 
vi  s.     Item,  sex  Dialoge  sacre,  price  of  the  pece,  v  s. — summa,  xxx  s. 
Item,  fyue  Dialoge  Textoris,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa,  xxx  s. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  293 

Item,  sex  New  Testamentis,  in  Greik,  price  of  the  pece,  xs. — summa, 
iii  li.  Item,  tua  Epistillis  of  Cicero,  price  of  the  pece,  ix  s. — summa, 
xviiis.  Item,  ten  EpistilHs  of  Cicero,  price  of  the  pece,  vis.  viiid. — 
summa,  v  merkis.  Item,  xiiii  EpistilHs  of  Cicero,  price  of  the  pece, 
ixs. — summa,  vii  li.  Item,  ten  Manuell  of  the  Chronicles  of  Ingland, 
price  of  the  pece,  xxx  d. — summa,  xxv  s.  Item,  fyue  Proverbia  Salo- 
monis,  in  Inglis,  price  of  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  ane 
Prouerbia  of  Rowen,  price  xii  d.  Item,  vii  Seikmennis  saule,  unbund, 
price  of  the  pece,  vis. — summa,  xlii  s.  Item,  vii  Seikmennis  saule, 
bund,  price  of  the  pece,  vii  s.— summa,  xlix  s.  Item,  sex  Thesour  of 
helth,  price  of  the  pece,  vis. — summa  xxxvi  s.  Item,  ane  Castell  of 
helth,  price  iii  s.  Item,  tua  of  Lady  Lettins  prayaris,  price  of  the 
pece,  xl  d. — summa,  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  ane  Psalmes  of  Dauid,  price 
xviii  d.  Item,  ane  Braidfurds  meditationes,  price  vs.  Item,  foure 
Pomander  of  prayar,  price  of  the  pece,  Iiii  s. — summa,  xvi  s.  Item, 
ane  buke  of  the  Pethway  to  salvatioun,  price  v  s.  Item,  ane  Buke 
of  deith,  price  iii  s.  Item,  thrie  Pretious  perle,  price  of  the  pece, 
iiii  s. — summa,  xii  s.  Item,  ane  buke  of  Johne  Ros  Psalmes,  of  littil 
volume,  price  v  s.  Item,  vii  bukes  of  the  Flower  of  godlie  prayaris, 
price  of  the  pece,  iii  s.  vi  d. — summa,  xxiv  s.  vi  d.  Item,  ane  of 
Caluenis  prayaris,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  foure  Defence  of  the  saule, 
price  of  the  pece,  lis. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  ane  New  litill  Testa- 
ment, price  xii  s.  Item,  thrie  Feir  of  deid,  price  of  the  pece,  xvi  d. 
— summa,  iiiis.  Item,  thrie  Commentaris  of  Cesar,  price  of  the  pece, 
X  s. — summa,  xxx  s.  Item,  xvii  bukes  callit  Epitheta  Textoris,  price 
of  the  pece,  vis. — summa,  v  li.  ii  s.  Item,  tua  Epitheta  Textoris, 
price  of  the  pece,  xxiii  s. — summa,  xlvi  s.  Item,  xx  Tirences,  bund, 
price  of  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa,  vi  li.  Item,  ten  Tirences,  unbund, 
price  of  the  pece,  v  s. — summa,  1  s.  Item,  foure  Horatius,  price  of 
the  pece,  vi  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s.  Item,  sex  Justinus,  price  of  the  pece, 
vii  s. — summa,  xlii  s.      Item,  fyue  Virgilis  in  Inglis,  price  of  the  pece. 


294  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

ix  s. — sunima,  xlv.  Item,  tua  Virgillis,  price  of  the  pece,  ix  s. — summa, 
xviii  s.  Item,  viii  Virgilis,  price  of  the  pece,  ix  s. — summa,  iii  li.  xii  s. 
Item,  foure  Fabricius  de  re  poetica,  price  of  the  pece,  vii  s. — summa, 
xxviii  s.  Item,  thrie  Novum  Testamentum,  BesEe,  the  pece  xiis. — 
summa,  xxxvi  s.  Item,  thrie  Valerius  Maximus,  the  pece  v  s. — 
summa,  xvs.  Item,  ane  Fabill  of  Esope,  in  Greik  and  Latine,  price 
V  s.  Item,  ane  Catherinus,  price  iii  s.  Item,  thrie  Prouerbia  Salo- 
monis,  in  Latine,  price  of  the  pece,  xxxd. — summa,  viis.  vi  d.  Item, 
tua  Precationum  Erasmi,  price  of  the  pece,  I  s. — summa,  v  li.  Item, 
ane  auld  Horatius,  price  xxx  d.  Item,  tua  Encheridion,  ecce, 
[Erasmi  ?]  price  of  the  pece,  iii  s. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  ane  Practica 
cancellaria,  price  v  s.  Item  ane  Catechismus  Chepari,  price  ii  s. 
Item,  fyue  Metemorphosis  Ouidii,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa, 
xxx  s.  Item,  sex  Metemorphosis  Ouidii,  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa, 
xxxvi  s.  Item,  ane  Nouelle  constitutiones,  price  vii  s.  Item,  ane 
Psalmes  of  Campensis,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  foure  Rethorica  Tallei, 
price  of  the  pece,  xxx  d. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  tua  Apothegmata 
Erasmi,  price  of  the  pece,  vii  s. — summa,  xiiii  s.  Item,  sex  Novum 
Testamentum,  Bese,  gilt,  the  pece,  xxv  s. — summa,  vii  li.  x  s.  Item, 
foure  Grammatica  Linacre,  price  of  the  pece,  viii  s. — summa,  xxxii  s. 
Item,  ane  Diogenis  Lietius,  price  x  s.  Item,  ane  Martirologium 
Vstoardi,  price  v  s.  Item,  xiii  Officia  Ciceronis,  price  of  the  pece, 
vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  iiii  li.  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  ane  Officia  Ciceronis,  in 
perchement,  price  v  s.  Item,  vi<^xv  Colloquia  Erasmi,  price  of  the 
pece,  vi  d. — summa,  xii  li.  viis.  vi  d.  Item,  sex  Copia  verborum,  in 
vase,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa,  xxxvi  s.  Item,  tua  Obserua- 
tiones  Latina;  sermonis,  price  of  the  pece,  x  s. — summa,  xxs.  Item, 
XV  Phrases  Monitij,  price  of  the  pece,  iii  s. — summa,  xlv.  Item,  vii 
Elegantia  Vallze,  price  of  the  pece,  iii  s. — summa,  xxi  s.  Item,  vii 
Grammatica  Greca,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  xlvi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  aucht  Sphera  de  Sacro  busco,  bund,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s, — 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  295 

summa,  xlviii  s.  Item,  tua  Sphera  de  Sacro  busco,  unbund,  price  of 
the  pece,  v  s. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  tua  Palllngenius,  the  pece,  vi  s.— 
summa,  xii  s.  Item,  ane  Godlie  rcule,  price  xxx  d.  Item,  ane 
Valentine  and  Oresoun,  in  Frensche,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Tragedie 
of  frie  will,  price  v  s.  Item,  tua  Disputatioun  in  Pareis,  the  pece 
iiii  s. — summa,  viiis.  Item,  ane  Ipocrates  insaurand,  ii  s.  Item,  foure 
Grammatica  Cleonardi,  the  price,  ix  s. — summa,  xxxvi  s.  Item,  ane 
buk  callit  Petir  wes  neuir  at  Rome,  ii  s.  Item,  ane  Mauchline 
grammer,  price  xiiii  s.  Item,  ane  Rodolphus  Agricola,  price  vi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  ane  Tabula  Hibraice,  price  v  s.  Item,  ten  copie  bukes,  price 
of  the  pece,  xl  d. — summa,  xxxiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  ane  Phisica  Aristotelis, 
price  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  ane  Mr  John  Rowes  signes  of  the  sacramentis, 
price  xii  d.  Item,  ane  Plutarche,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Counsall 
of  Trent,  in  Frenche,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Britannus  de  elo- 
quentia,  price  xii  d.  Item,  ane  Leero  de  gerolano,  price  ii  s.  Item, 
ane  Figuris  of  the  Bibill,  in  Frensche,  price  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  ane 
Instructioun  de  la  foy,  price  ii  s.  Item,  ane  Brittoun  de  la  fey,  price 
vs.  Item,  ane  Lectantius,  in  Frensche,  price  vs.  Item,  xii.  Dis- 
pauteris  de  figuris,  price  of  the  pece,  viii  d. — summa,  viii  s.  Item, 
ane  Bibliander  vpoun  Esay,  price  xii  d.  Item,  ane  Reformatioun  de 
la  Quyss,  price  iii  s.  Item,  ane  Merter  in  librum  ludicum,  price  xxxv  s. 
Item,  tua  Loci  communis  Marterali,  the  pece,  xlvi  s.  viii  d. — summa, 
iiii  Ii.  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  ane  Titus  Liuius,  in  perchement,  price 
xxxvi  s.  Item,  ane  Titus  Liuius,  on  pase,  price  v  Ii.  Item,  ane 
Dictionarum  Latinum  et  Gallicum,  price  Iv  s.  Item,  ane  Marter  in 
Genesim,  price  xl  s.  Item,  ane  Loci  communis  Marteris,  unbund, 
price  iii  Ii.  Item,  ane  Marter  in  familiam,  unbund,  price  Iv  s.  Item, 
ane  Aristotelis  opera,  price  iiii  Ii.  Item,  ane  Thomas  de  Viga  in 
Gallent,  price  xl  s.  Item,  ane  Dannor  de  vene,  price  ii  s.  Item, 
foure  Hemengius  in  lacobum,  price  of  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xvi  s. 
Item,  foure  ad  Ephesus,   price  of  the  pece,    iiii  s. — summa,   xvi  s. 


296  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

Item,  foure  ad  Romanos,  price  of  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xvi  s. 
Item,  foure  Encheridion,  price  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  ii  merkis.  Item, 
ana  Bullingerius  in  Danielem,  price  xxxv  s.  Item,  xv  Thomas 
tertius  Dispauteris,  the  pece  viii  d. — summa,  x  s.  viii  d.  Item,  ane 
Orationes  Grecorum,  price  xl  s.  Item,  ane  Officia  Ciceronis  cum 
commentis,  xxv  s.  Item,  tua  Rudimenta  Fidei,  the  pece  xviii  d. — 
summa,  iii  s.  Item,  viii  Psalmes  of  Hessus,  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa, 
xxxii  s.  Item,  foure  Behemius  de  moribus  gentium,  price  of  the 
pece,  iiii  s.— summa,  xvi  s.  Item,  fyue  Commentaria  Cesaris,  the 
pece,  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  xxxiii  s  iiii  d.  Item,  fyue  Cato  cum  com- 
mentis, the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  vii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  fyue  Tirentius 
cum  commentis,  bund,  price  x  s.  Item,  ane  Euclides,  bund,  price 
XXX  s.  Item,  tua  Encheridion  Emmergi,  bund,  the  pece  viii  s. — 
summa.  xvi  s.  Item,  ane  ad  Romanos,  bund,  price  vi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  ane  ad  Ephesus,  bund,  price  v  s.  Item,  ane  ad  lacobum, 
bund,  price  v  s.  Item,  tua  Haywoddis  workis,  the  pece,  vi  s. — 
summa,  xii  s.  Item,  ane  HeUenus  historic,  price  x  s.  Item,  tua  of 
the  Lyues  of  haHe  Sanctis,  the  pece  x  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  thrie 
Instructioun  of  warrat,  the  pece  ix  s. — summa,  xxvii  s.  Item,  tua 
The  weris  of  the  lewis,  the  pece,  x  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  vii 
Flouris  of  Tirence,  the  pece  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  xlvi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  vii  IngHs  Votiris,  the  pece,  vis.  viii  d. — summa,  xlvi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  thrie  First  part  of  Inglis  Yotteris,  the  pece  xl  d. — summa,  x  s. 
Item,  nyne  Italiane  grammeris,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  xxiis.  vi  d. 
Item,  ane  Comfort  in  tribulatioun,  price,  vs.  Item,  tua  the  Schepe 
of  saiftie,  the  pece  vis. — summa,  xiis.  Item,  tua  Commoun  places 
of  Bullinger,  the  pece  xii  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s.  Item,  thrie  Records 
of  arithmetic,  the  pece  viii  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s.  Item,  ane  Relict  of 
Rome,  price  viii  s.  Item,  vi  Cicero  de  oratore,  the  pece,  vs. — 
summa,  xxx  s.  Item,  thrie  Brandelinus  de  conscribendis  epistolis, 
the   pece   vii  s. — summa,    xxi  s.       Item,    fyue    Predestinationes   of 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  297 

VVarroun,  price  of  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  anc  Imi- 
tatioun  of  Christ,  price  vi  s.  Item,  ane  Stowis  cornicle,  price  xxii  s. 
Item,  vii  bukes  callit  Obedience  of  ane  Cristiane  man,  price  of  the 
pece,  vi  s. — summa,  xlii  s.  Item,  tua  Hoppir  vpoun  lonas,  the  pece 
iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  tua  Peth6  sayings  vpoun  the  Bibill,  the 
pece  vis. — summa,  xii  s.  Item,  tua  Examinationes  of  Braidfurde, 
price  iii  s.  Item,  tua  Testamentum  Besse,  unbund,  the  pece  viii  s. 
— summa,  xvi  s.  Item,  tua  De  tristibus,  unbund,  the  pece  ii  s. — 
summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  tua  Tirentius,  cum  commentis,  bund,  the  pece 
XXXV  s. — summa,  iii  li.  x  s.  Item,  ane  Regiment  of  helth,  vi  s. 
Item,  ane  Psalter  of  Hessus,  price  vi  s.  Item,  ten  Questiones  of 
Besa,  the  pece  xl  d. — [summa,  xxxiii  s.  iiii  d.]  Item,  xi  bukes  callit 
The  hundreth  myrrie  taillis,  the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  xiiii  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  tua  Sanct  Ambros,  the  pece  iii  s. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  tua 
Tragedie  of  Turannis,  the  pece  v  s. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  tua  the 
bukes  of  Witchecraft,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  xxvi 
Admirillis  lyf,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  iii  li.  v  s.  Item,  ane 
Obedience  of  ane  Cristiane  man,  price  vii  s.  Item,  foure  Pepistis 
kingdomes,  the  pece  vi  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s.  Item,  fyue  Graving 
and  planting,  price  of  the  pece,  ii  s. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  fyue  Art  of 
logik,  price  of  the  pece,  vi  s. — summa,  xxx  s.  Item,  ane  Couperis 
postill,  price  xx  s.  Item,  tua  Commentaris  of  Frensche,  part  in  pase, 
the  pece,  ix  s. — summa,  xviii  s.  Item,  ane  Chirurgiane  of  Law- 
francus,  price  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  ane  Couperis  chronicle,  price  xxv  s. 
Item,  ane  Gy  of  Waruick,  price  v  s.  Item,  tua  Prognosticationes 
for  euir,  price  of  the  pece,  xl  d. — summa,  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  tua 
Walking  spiritis,  price  of  the  pece,  viii  s. — summa,  xvi  s.  Item, 
ane  Peiris  Plowman,  price  vis.  Item,  ane  Goldin  ass,  price  vis.  viiid. 
Item,  ane  Calvene  vpoun  Daniell,  price  x  s.  Item,  the  Art  of  weir, 
price  xxv  s.  Item,  ane  Commentaris  of  Frensche,  price  vii  s.  Item, 
ane  buk  of  Inglis  and  Frensche,  price  ii  s.      Item,  thrie  Precidentis 

o  o 


298  Thomas  Bassandyne. 

for  ane  prince,  the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  iiii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  foure 
Regimentis  of  helth,  the  pece  vis.  viil  d. — summa,  2  merkis.  Item, 
thrie  Tranquillitie  of  the  mynd,  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xii  s.  Item, 
thrie  Arithmetic,  smell,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  xii  s.  Item,  tua 
Soume  of  diuinitie,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  foure 
Travillars,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  thrie  Naturall 
conclusiones,  the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  fyue  Abdias, 
the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  vii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  thrie  Secreit  of  secreitis, 
the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  iiii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  foure  Parabill  of  wikkit 
manred,  [Mammon?]  the  pece  iis. — summa,  viiis.  Item,  tua  Saifgaird 
of  secreit,  the  pece  xl  d. — summa,  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  thrie  Matho 
Grebauld,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  foure  Benefite  of 
Christ,  the  pece,  iis. — summa,  viiis.  Item,  sex  Tirentius,  Lundun, 
unbund,  the  pece,  xl  d. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  ane  Exhortationes  to 
prayaris,  price  xii  d.  Item,  tua  Ches  play,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa, 
iiii  s.  Item,  thrie  De  civilitate  morum,  the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  iiii  s. 
Item,  sex  Estatis  of  matrimony,  price  of  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa, 
xxiiii  s.  Item,  nyne  Floure  of  verteu,  the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  ix  s. 
Item,  foure  Conference  betwix  Rudelie  [and]  Latomer,  the  pece 
xxx  d. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  thrie  Calveyne  vpoun  offences,  the  pece 
iiii  s. — summa,  xii  s.  Item,  tua  Myrrie  taillis  and  quick  answeris, 
the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  v  s.  Item,  foure  Span-^artis  lyf,  the  pece 
ii  s.— summa,  viiis.  Item,  ane  Collectioun  of  Monstir,  price  iii  s. 
Item,  ane  Gles  of  helth,  price  xviii  d.  Item  ane  Dialoge  of  wichches, 
price  xxx  d.  Item,  thrie  Ruter  of  the  sey,  the  pece  xviii  d. — summa, 
iiii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  ane  Golfrido  and  Barnard,  price  iis.  Item,  ane 
Lawis  of  Geneua,  price  iii  s.  Item,  ane  Dyet  of  helth,  price  ii  s. 
Item,  xi  Lawis  of  Ingland,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa  thairof, 
xxvii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  foure  Court  of  verteu,  the  pece  vis. — summa, 
xxiiii  s.  Item,  thrie  Thressour  of  ane  pure  man,  the  pece  xxx  d. — 
summa,  vii  s.  vi  d.      Item,  foure   Interpretatioun  of  the  dremis,  the 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  299 

pece  xl  d. — summa,  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  aiie  Myrror  of  mannis  lyf, 
price  ii  s.  Item,  sex  Propir  tables,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  xii  s. 
Item,  ana  Secreit  of  Albartus,  price  ii  s.  Item,  xiii  Scing  of  vrenis, 
the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  xvii  s.  Item,  ane  Calvene  vpoun  the 
apparel!  of  wemen,  price  xii  d.  Item,  ane  of  ane  othir  sorte,  price 
xii  d.  Item,  ane  Josephls  dremis,  price  vi  s.  Item,  foure  Italiane 
luvaris,  the  pece  viii  d. — summa,  xxxiid.  Item,  foure  Knawledge  of 
thingis  vnknawin,  the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Exhor- 
tatioun  to  the  seik,  price  xii  d.  Item,  fyue  hundreth  and  fyue  Dauid 
Lyndesayis,unbund,  price  of  the  pece,  iiis. — summa,  Ixxxx  Ii.  xvs.  Item, 
fyue  Dauid  Lyndesayis,  bund,  the  pece,  iiii  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item, 
fyue  rym  nyne  quair  of  paintit  paperis,  the  quair  xviii  d. — summa, 
viii  Ii.  iii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  ane  buke  of  Pictures  of  lernit  men,  price  xx  s. 
Item,  thrie  fyue  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece,  xii  s. — summa,  xxxvi  s. 
Item,  thrie  four  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece,  x  s. — summa,  xxx  s. 
Item,  fyue  thrie  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece  v  s. — summa,  xxv  s. 
Item,  xii  tua  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  xxx  s. 
Item,  xiii  ane  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  xix  s.  vid. 
Item,  xi  half  quair  papir  bukes,  the  pece  x  d. — summa,  ix  s.  ii  d. 
Item,  viii  Actis  of  parliament,  perfyt,  bund,  the  pece  xviii  s. — summa, 
vii  Ii.  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  hundreth  and  tuentie  Saifpartis  of  Antwarp, 
the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  vi  Ii.  Item,  iiii<=xxxii  bukes  vpoun  the  Li 
psalme,  the  pece  iiii  d. — -summa,  vii  Ii.  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Rodolphus 
de  vita  Cristi,  price  ii  s.  Item,  ane  buke  of  Didames  and  directioun 
of  helth,  the  price  v  s.  Item,  ane  Monophila,  price  iiii  s.  Item, 
ane  Institutioun  of  princes,  price  v  s.  Item,  tua  Lanterane  of 
ladeis,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  tua  Sanct  Paule  to 
the  Romanis,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  ane  Closatt  of 
counsallis,  price  xxx  d.  Item,  foure  Erasmi  similia,  the  pece  xxx  d. 
— summa,  x  s.  Item,  ane  Sanctorum  invocatioun,  price  xviii  d. 
Item,  tua  Galterus,  the  pece,   ii  s. — summa,  iiii  s.      Item,  ane  Lady 


300  TJiovias  Bassandyne. 

Letteris  prayar,  price  xxx  d.  Item,  thrie  Colloquia  maiora  Erasmi, 
the  pece  x  s. — sunima,  xxx  s.  Item,  ane  Actis  of  marteris,  in 
Frensche,  price  xii  s.  Item,  ane  Elegantia  Vails,  price  v  s.  Item, 
xvii  Frensche  littill  tounes,  the  pece  xxxii  d. — summa,  xlv  s.  Item, 
iii'^xxiii  Douglas  psalmes,  the  pece  vi  d. — summa,  viii  li.  xviii  d. 
Item,  xii  Grammatica  Greca  ante  signam,  the  pece  xxxiii  s.  iiii  d. — 
summa,  viii  li.  Item,  1  Ouene  Kathirine  prayar,  the  pece  ii  d. — 
summa,  iiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  xii<^lxxx  Prayaris  vpoun  the  psalmes,  the 
pece  x  d. — summa,  Ixxx  merkis.  Item,  ane  Epistill  herodium 
sacrarum,  price  iii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  tua  Herodianus,  the  pece  iii  s. — 
summa,  vis.  Item,  ane  Rethorica  Melangtonis,  price  iiii  s.  Item, 
tua  Dormetica  Gauine,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  foure 
Dialectica  Rame,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  ix  s.  Item,  sex  Ouidius 
de  tristibus,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  xii  s.  Item,  thrie  Compendium 
Agricole,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  vis.  Item,  foure  Dialectica  Rame, 
the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  vis.  Item,  tua  Florentij  Terentij,  the 
pece  ii  s. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  xi'^I  First  partis,  the  pece  ix  d. — 
summa,  xii  li.  xii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  thrie  Fabule  Esopi,  the  pece  xxx  d. 
— summa  vii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  tua  Epistolae  Ouidii,  the  pece  vi  s. — 
summa,  xii  s.  Item,  thrie -Ouidius  de  fastis,  the  pece  vis. — summa, 
xviii  s.  Item,  ane  Apthonius,  price  vis.  viiid.  Item,  ane  Topica 
Ciceronis,  price  iii  s.  Item,  ane  Dialectica  Cesari,  price  iii  s.  Item, 
tua  Epistolee  Erasmi,  price  ii  s.  Item,  ane  Catechismus  Caluini, 
price  ii  s.  Item,  tua  Meditationes  linguae  Grecje,  the  pece  iii  s. — 
summa,  vi  s.  Item,  xii  Inglis  grammeris,  the  pece  vi  s. — summa 
iii  li.  xii  s.  Item,  foure  Grammatica  Pellessonis,  in  pase,  the  pece 
vis.  viiid. — summa,  ii  merkis.  Item,  foure  Grammatica  Pellessonis, 
in  perchement,  the  pece  vi  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s.  Item,  ane  Gram- 
matica Cheperini,  price  xviii  d.  Item,  ix  Predestinationes,  the  pece 
iiii  s. — summa,  xxxvi  s.  Item,  sex  Grammaris  Sebastian,  the  pece 
iiii  s. — summa,    xxiiii  s.       Item,    foure    Rudimentis    Pellessonis,    the 


T/iomas  Bassandyne.  301 

pece  iii  d. — summa,  xii  d.  Item,  [fiftie]  Rudimentis  Pellessonis, 
the  pece  iii  d. — summa,  xii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  fyue  hundreth  Ixxii  Catois, 
the  dosane  xviii  d. — summa,  xlii  li.  xviii  s.  Item,  xxxiiii  Dicta 
sapientum,  the  pece  ii  d. — summa,  v  s.  viii  d.  Item,  tua  hundreth 
xliiii  Latine  catechismis,  the  dosane  vi  d. — summa,  vi  li.  ii  s.  Item, 
xl  dosane  Concordances,  the  dosane  xv  d.— summa,  1  s.  Item,  xlviii 
Carmen  Moyses,  the  dosane  xviii  d. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  fourc 
Acolastus,  the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  tua  Ludouicus 
Vivus,  the  pece  iii  s. — summa,  vis.  Item,  iii<=  Graysteillis,  the  pece 
vi  d. — summa,  vii  li.  x  s.  Item,  ane  Cosmographia  Munsterii, 
unbund,  viii  li.  Item,  ane  Mathiolus,  unbund,  price  xxx  s.  Item, 
ane  Thomas  Equinas,  unbund,  price  viii  s.  Item,  viii  Elementa 
Germentinea,  the  pece  xxiii  s. — summa,  ix  li.  iiii  s.  Item,  vii'^xxxii 
Secund  pairtis,  the  pece  vii  d. — summa,  xxi  li.  v  s.  viii  d.  Item, 
vi"^xx  Rudimentis  Dispauterii,  the  pece  iiii  d. — summa,  x  li.  vi  s.  viii  d. 
Item,  tua  Lute  bukes,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s.  Item,  sex 
Ouidius  de  ponto,  the  pece  xxx  d. — summa,  xv  s.  Item,  thrie 
Ouidius  de  ponto,  unbund,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  vis.  Item,  ane 
Lucanus,  price  iiii  s.  Item,  foure  Alphabetum  Grecum,  the  pece 
vi  d. — summa,  ii  s.  Item,  ane  New  Testament  and  Psalmes  in 
Frensche,  the  price  x  s.  Item,  ane  Confessioun,  Besaj,  price  v  s. 
Item,  ane  Biblia  Castellanis,  price  1  s.  Item,  fyue  Officia  Textoris, 
the  pece  xx  s. — summa,  v  li.  Item,  tua  Latine  Bibillis,  the  pece 
ii  merkis, — summa,  iiii  merkis.  Item  xiiii"^  Doubill  catechissis,  the 
pece  X  d. — summa,  Iviii  li.  vi  s.  viii  d.  Item,  Iv  Actis  of  Parliament, 
unbund,  the  pece  xiii  s.  iiii  d. — summa,  Iv  merkis.  Item,  ane  Nauis 
stultifera,  bund,  price  xxx  s.  Item,  tua  Osorius  of  nobilitie,  the  pece 
vii  s. — summa,  xiiii  s.  Item,  ane  Chronicle  of  Sledan,  price  xl  s. 
Item,  of  the  First  thome  of  the  Palace  of  plesour  thrie,  the  pece 
xxii  s. — summa,  iii  li.  vis.  Item,  foure  of  the  Nobilitie  of  wemen, 
the    pece    xviii  d. — summa,    vi  s.       Item,    ten    Mandellis,    the    pece 


302  Thotnas  Bassandyne. 

thairof  iiii  s. — -summa,  xl  s.  Item,  ane  Constitutioun  of  ane 
gentilman,  price  ii  s.  Item,  sex  Skeltouns  tayllis,  the  pece  viii  d. — • 
summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  tua  Euing  of  Burdeaux,  the  pece  xiiii  s. — 
summa,  xxviii  s.  Item,  fyue  Bukes  of  fortoun,  the  pece  v  s. — 
summa,  xxv  s.  Item,  tua  Archaudan,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  viii  s. 
Item,  sex  Hanniball  and  Cipio,  the  pece  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  xl  s. 
Item,  vii  Fabillis  of  Esope,  in  prose,  the  pece  xxx  d.— summa, 
xvii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  ane  TendalHs  workis,  price  xl  s.  Item,  xiii 
Extract  of  apothemis,  the  pece  iii  s. — summa,  xxxix  s.  Item,  thrie 
Flauius  Vngentius,  the  pece  vs. — summa,  xv  s.  Item,  tua  Ferrarius, 
the  pece  x  s. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  vii  Preseruatioun  aganis  deith, 
the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  vii  s.  Item,  ane  New  jowell  of  helth,  price 
xvi  s.  Item,  ane  Image  of  baith  the  kirkis,  price  viii  s.  Item,  ane 
Hemengius  postill,  price  xviii  s.  Item,  tua  Institutiones  of  Calwine, 
in  Frensche,  the  pece  xiii  s. — summa,  xxvi  s.  Item,  ane  Reward  of 
wikkitnes,  price  iii  s.  Item,  tua  Sledan  on  the  foure  impyris,  the 
pece  vis.  viii  d. — summa,  .xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  thrie  Instructioun  of 
Cristiane  wemen,  the  pece  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  xx  s.  Item,  ane 
Historic  of  the  Sarajenis,  price  ix  s.  Item,  ane  Modus  orandi  Dei, 
price  xii  d.  Item,  ane  Secund  part  of  the  confessioun  of  Christ, 
price  vis.  viii  d.  Item,  ane  Deth  of  themes,  price  ii  s.  Item,  i4 
Douglas  Psalmes,  with  Quene  Katharine  prayar,  the  pece  x  d. — 
summa,  vi  Ii.  v  s.  Item,  ij'=xi  Johne  Ros  Psalmes,  unbund,  the  pece 
iiii  s.  vi  d. — summa,  xlvii  Ii.  ixs.  vi  d.  Item,  xiiii  Johne  Ros  Psalmes, 
bund,  the  pece  vis. — summa,  iiii  Ii.  iiii  s.  Item,  thrie  Ecce  pairtes, 
the  pece  xviii  d. — summa,  iiii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  xxiiii  Rudimenta 
Pelissonis,  the  pece  iii  d. — summa,  vi  s.  Item,  xx  Dialoge  Mas- 
salani,  the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  ii  merkis.  Item,  xxi  Dialoge 
Luciane,  the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  .xxi  s.  Item,  xlvij  fyne  Catechissis, 
the  pece  xii  d. — summa,  xlvii  s.  Item,  sex  Commoun  prayaris  of 
Ingland,    the   pece  vi  s.    viii  d. — summa,  xl  s.      Item,    xvi    Psalmes, 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  303 

Inglis  prent,  bund,  the  pece  vi  s. — summa  iiii  li.  xvi  s.  Item,  sex 
greit  Psalmes,  Inglis  prent,  bund,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s. 
Item,  i^xlj  of  the  same  Psalmes,  unbund,  the  pece  iii  s. — summa 
thairof,  xxi  li.  iii  s.  Item,  xxvi'^xl  single  Catechissis,  price  of  the 
hundreth,  vi  s.  viii  d. — summa,  viii  li.  ix  s.  Item,  iiii<=vij  Syntaxes 
Dispauterij,  the  pece  vi  d. — ^summa,  x  li.  iii  s.  vi  d.  Item,  i'^xxxvij 
Catechissis  in  Latyne  and  Inglis,  the  pece  xvi  d. — summa,  ix  li.  ii  s. 
viii  d.  Item,  fyftie  greit  Inglis  Psalmes,  wantand  ane  throuch,  the 
pece,  xxxi  d. — summa,  viii.  ix  s.  ii  d.  Item,  viii  Actis  of  Parliament, 
perfyt,  bund,  the  pece  xiii  s.  iiii  d. — summa,  viii  merkis.  Item,  tua 
Arsmetic,  the  pece  ii  s. — summa,  iiii  s.  Item,  viii  rym  of  fyne  litill 
paper,  price  of  the  rym,  xiii  s. — summa,  v  li.  xii  s.  Item,  xxiii  rym 
and  ane  half  of  paper  of  the  small  hand,  the  rym  xiiii  s. — summa, 
xvi  li.  ix  s.  Item,  ten  quair  of  fyne  Lumbard  paper,  price  of  the 
quair,  iiii  s. — summa,  xl  s.  Item,  xxv  quair  of  fyne  Flanderis  paper, 
the  quair  ii  s. — summa,  1  s.  Item,  xxii  rym  of  fyne  braid  paper, 
price  of  the  rym,  xxx  s, — summa,  xxxiii  Ii.  Item,  nyne  rym  of  fyne 
lang  paper,  price  of  the  rim,  xxx  s. — summa,  xiii  li.  x  s.  Item,  sex 
rim  of  paper  of  the  greit  hand,  the  rim  at  xvi  s. — summa,  iiii  li.  xvi  s. 
Item,  xxii  rim  of  the  small  hand,  the  rim  xiiii  s. — summa,  xv  li.  viiis. 
Item,  vii  stane  and  ane  half  auld  perchement,  the  stane,  xl  s. — 
summa,  xv  li.  Item,  xxxv  perchement  comoun  skynnis,  the  skin 
xxx  d. — summa,  iiii  li.  viis.  vid.  Item,  xii  calf  skynnis,  the  skin  vs. 
— summa,  iii  li.  Item  xiiii  schepe  skynnis,  the  skin,  iii  s. — summa, 
xiii  s.  Item  sex  reid  skynnis,  the  pece  iiii  s. — summa,  xxiiii  s. 
Item,  mair  thrie  perchement  skynnis,  the  pece  iii  s.  —  summa,  ix  s. 
Item,  ane  thousand  thrie  hundreth  ixxij  Psalmes  of  prois,  unbund, 
price  of  the  pece,  ii  s. — summa,  i^xxxvii  li.  iiii  s.  Item,  xxxij  of  the 
same,  bund  in  pase,  the  pece,  iii  s.  vid. — summa,  v  li.  xii  s.  Item, 
xxxvj  of  the  same  Psalmes,  bund  in  perchement,  the  pece  iii  s. — 
summa,    v  li.    viii  s.       Item,    v<=    Donates,    and    tua   throucht    thairof 


304  Thojnas  Bassandyne. 

prentit  and  the  vthir  half  vnprentit,  price  of  euery  throucht  prentit, 
i  d. — sunima,  iiii  li.  iii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  wii  pyntis  oyle  linget,  the 
pynt  xiii  s.  iiii  d. — summa,  xvii  merkis.  Item,  ane  buist  of  naillis, 
estimat  to  xx  s.  Item,  xii  Actis  of  Parliament  wantand  P,  the  pece 
X  s. — summa,  vi  li.  Item,  fyue  Actis  of  Parliament,  vnperfyt,  the 
pece  ii  s. — summa,  x  s.  Item,  of  warklumes  for  binding  of  bukes, 
by  the  airschip  estimat  to  the  soume  of  vi  li.  xiii  s.  iiii  d.  Item,  for 
prenting  ink  and  carpetyne,  the  soume  of  ten  pund.  Item,  thrie 
scoir  stane  wecht  of  prenting  irnes,  with  the  caissis  thairto,  estimat  to 
twelf  spoir  merkis.  Item,  in  abul5ementis  of  his  body  by  the  airschip, 
estimat  to  xx  merkis.  Item,  in  vtencilis  and  domicilis  with  siluer 
wark,  by  the  airschip  estimat  to  the  soume  of  fourtie  pundis  money. 
Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  I'"iiij'=xv  li.  x  s.  viij  d. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awand  to  the  Deid — 
Item,  thair  was  awand  to  the  said  umquhile  Thomas  Bassinden, 
Prentar,  burgess  in  Edinburgh,   be  Alexander  Arbuthnot  in    Edin- 
burgh,   the    soume    of    fyue    hundreth    pundis.       Item,     awand    be 
Michael  Bassinden,  bruther  to  the  said  vmquhile  Thomas,  of  byrun 
annuellis  the  soume  of  ane  hundreth  ten  pundis. 
Summa  of  the  Dettis  awand  to  the  Deid,  Vj'^x  li. 
Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  with  the  dettis,  Ij™xxv  li.  x  s.  viii  d. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awand  be  the  Deid — 

Item,  thair  was  awand  be  the  said  vmquhile  Thomas  Bassinden, 
Prentar,  to  Bessie  Maioribanks,  relict  of  vmquhile  Johne  Spottiswod, 
burges  in  Edinburgh,  for  ane  half  3ens  male  of  the  buith,  vi  li. 
Item,  to  Alesoun  Tod,  mother  to  the  defunct,  for  half  ane  -^eiris 
male  of  the  housse,  iiii  li.  Item,  to  Robert  Lekpreuik,  for  his  half 
';eris  pcnsioun,  fyue  merkis.  Item,  to  Bessie  Norwell,  seruand,  for 
hir  feis  and  bountath  restand,  thrie  pundis. 


Thomas  Bassandyne.  305 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awand  be  the  Dcid,  xvi  li.  vi  s.  viii  d. 
Restis  of  frie  geir,  the  dettis  deducit,  Ij"^ix  li.   iiii  s. 
To  be  deuidit  in  thrie  pairtis,  the  Dcidis  part,  Vj<^lxix  li.  xiiijs.  viijd. 
Quhairof  the  quot  is  componit  for  xvj  lib. 

Followis  the  Deidis  legacie  and  latterwill. 
Vpoune  the  fyftein  day  of  October,  the  ^eir  of  God  !■".  V"=.  Ixxvij 
^eris,  the  quhilk  day  Thomas  Bassinden,  prentar,  makis  Hew  Tod 
and  Katharane  Norwell  his  executours,  and  Henry  Charteris 
overman,  and  leuis  his  thrid,  the  ane  half  thairof  to  his  wyf,  and 
the  vthir  half  to  his  mother,  and  Michael,  and  his  bairnes.  Item, 
leuis  to  Robert  Gourlay,  ten  pundis  ;  to  George  Tod,  foure  pundis 
and  ane  auld  syd  blak  cloik  ;  to  Bessie  Norwell,  twentie  merkis ; 
to  Patrik  Ker,  sex  pundis  ;  to  Robert  Lekpreuik,  twentie  pundis ; 
to  Patrik  Foular,  iij  li.  ;  to  Helene  Blyth,  iij  li.  ;  to  the  pure,  twentie 
merkis ;  to  the  Foure  Ministeris,  twentie  pundis ;  to  Mariore 
Sandersoun,  ten  merkis ;  to  Archibald  Charteris,  ten  pundis ;  to 
Katharine  Charteris,  ten  pundis ;  to  Margaret  Tod  and  Alesoun 
Tod,  ilkane  ten  merkis;  to  Thomas  Norwell,  in  Glasgw,  ten  merkis; 
to  Robert  Tod,  ten  pundis  ;  to  Margaret  Boyd,  xxx  s.  ;  to  Robert 
Bassinden,  iij  li.  ;  to  Alesoun  Cant  and  hir  bairnes,  ten  merkis. 
This  wes  done  at  nyne  houris  befoir  thir  witnessis  James  Norwell, 
Robert  Tod,  Robert  Gourlay,  Patrik  Ker,  and  George  Tod,  with 
vtheris  diuers.  This  nominatioun  aboue  writtin  is  funden  sufficient 
by  my  Lordis  Commissioners,  and  ratyfeit  and  appreuit  be  thame, 
notwithstanding  the  same  wes  not  subscriuit  be  vmquhile  Alane 
Tod,  notar,  thairto.  We  M.  Eduard  Hendersoun,  &c.  be  the 
tenour  heirof,  ratifeis,  appreuis,  and  confirmis  this  present  Testament 
and  Inuentar,  insafar  as  the  samen  is  deulie  and  faithfullie  maid, 
of  the  gudis  and  geir  aboue  specifeit,  alanerlie,  and  geuis  and 
committis  the  intromissioun  with  the  same  to  the  said   Katharine 

p  P 


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06  Thomas  Bassandyne. 


Noruell,  relict,  ane  of  the  executoris  testamentaris  nominat  be  the 
said  vmquhile  Thomas  Bassinden  ;  and  onelie  acceptar  of  the  said 
office  vpoun  hir,  becaus  the  said  Hew  Tod,  the  vther  executour 
abouewrittin,  in  our  presens  hes  renuncit  the  said  office,  re  integra, 
as  ane  act  maid  thairvpoun  beris.  Reseruand  compt  to  be  maid  be 
the  said  Katharine  of  the  gudis  and  geir  foirsaidis,  as  accords  of  the 
law.  Ouha  being  sworne,  hes  maid  fayth  treulie  to  exerce.the  said 
office  ;  and  hes  funden  cautioun  that  the  guds  and  geir  abouewrittin 
salbe  furthcumand  to  all  parteis  havand  interes  as  law  will,  as  ane 
Act  maid  thairupoun  beris. 


CHAPTER   XXII. 

THOMAS    BASSANDYNE'S     WORKS. 

i68?]    npHE  Fall  of  the  Romane  Kirk. 

1122.  Edinburgh,   Printed  by  Thomas  Bassandyne,  [1568.] 

For  a  notice  of  this  work,  see  pages  273-274.  No  copy  of  the 
book  has  been  discovered. 

68?]  A  Psalme  Buik. 

1123.  Edinburgh,    Printed  by  Thomas  Bassandyne,  [1568.] 

This  is  the  edition  which  contained  the  "baudie"  song  referred 
to  on  page  274,  and  which  the  printer  was  ordered  to  delete.  No 
copy  of  this  work  has  been  discovered. 

1572  The  forme    of  the   abstinence,   grantit  be  my  |  Lord   Regentis 

124.    Grace,  and  Lordis  subscriuand  with  him,  to  the  Lordis  within  the 
Castell  I  and  Toun  of  Edinburgh,  and  thair  adherentis.  | 

[End]  at  Leith,  the  penult  day  of  lulij.  The  -^ere  of  God.  [ 
M.D.LXXij.  I  Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  by  Thomas  Bassandyne, 
Cum  priuilegio  Regis.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter. 

The  original  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Mary  Queen  of  Scots. 
Vol.  VIII.,  6"]. 


o 


oS  Thomas  Bassandyne  s   Works. 


1572-3  A   Brief  declaration  how  materis  has  |  procedit  during  the  lait 

125.  Abstinence  and  how  in  the  defalt  of  the  rebelHs  withhalderis  of 
the  I  Castell  of  Edinburgh  the  weir  is  renewit.  At  Edinburgh  the 
first  day  of  lanuar.  1572.  | 

[End]  Imprintit  at  Edinburgh  be  me  Thomas  Bassandyne, 
duelling  at  the  nether  Bow.  C  M.D.LXXII.  |  Cum  Priuilegio 
Regis.  I 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter. 

The  original  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol. 
XXIV.,    2. 

1573  •^^^  The    Kingis    Maiesteis    Proclamatioun    beiring   the  |  verie 

126.  occasioun  of  the  present  incuing  of  the  Inglis  forces,  with  his 
hienes  commandement  |  for  thair  gude  Intreatment  and  freindly 
vsage.  I 

[End]  Geuin  vnder  our  Signet  at  Halyruidhous  the  xiij.  day  of 
Apryle,  |  and  of  our  Regne  the  sext  ■;eir.  1573.  |  Per  Actum  Secreti 
Consilij.  I  -^J^  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Thomas  Bassandyne. 
Cvm   Privilegio  Regis.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter. 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  Cottonian,  Caligula, 
C.  IV.  61,  with  the  word  "incuming"  in  place  of  "incuing."  A 
second  copy,  with  title  and  colophon  as  above,  is  in  the  Public 
Record  Office,  Scot.-EIiz.,  Vol.  xxv.,  10  ;  and  a  third  copy  is  in  the 
library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  London,  differing  from  either 
of  the  above,  having  "incuming"  in  place  of  "incuing,"  and 
"Imprintit"  in  place  of  "Imprentit." 

1574  The  warkis  of  the  fa-  |  mous  and  worthie  Knight  Schir  Dauid  | 

127.  Lyndesay  of  the  Mont  Alias,  Lyoun  King  of  |  Armes.  Newly 
corrcctit,    and    vindicate  j  from    the    former    Errouris  quhair-  |  with 


Thomas  Bassandyne  s   Works.  309 

thay  war  befoir  corrup-  |  tit :  And  augmentit  with  |  sindry  warkis 
quhilk  I  was  not  befoir  |  imprentit.  [  C  The  Contentis  of  the  Bulk, 
and  quhat  warkis  |  ar  augmentit  the  nixt  syde  sail  schaw.  |  Viuet 
etiam  post  funera  virtus.  |  H  lob  VII.  |  Militia  est  vita  hominis  super 
terram.  |  [Device,  an  anchor  supported  by  two  hands,  a  serpent 
twisted  up  the  shank,  and  over  the  stock,  with  initials  T.  B.] 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Thomas  |  Bassandyne,  dwelland  at 
the  nether  Bow.  |  M.D.LXXIIII.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regis.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  the  Adhortation  and  the 
Epistill ;  with  paging,  catchwords,  and  signatures  A^,  B — Z^,  &^. 
Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank.  Aij  The  Contentis,  [2]  pp.  ; 
Aiij — 4=1  Ane  Adhortation,  [3]  pp.;  A  4^^ — (y^  Epistill  Nuncupatorie, 
[4]  pp.;  A  6''  is  blank;  Bj — Piij-'',  pp.  2-213  (P-  2  is  on  Bj'^),  The 
Monarchic;  Piij''  Large  device  of  Bassandyne;  Piiij — R  8,  pp.  215- 
256,  The  Complaint  of  the  Papingo  ;  Sj — X  5,  pp.  257-314,  The 
Dreme  ;  X6 — &  5,  pp.  315-362,  The  Tragedie,  &c.  &  6  is  wanting, 
but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf.  On  page  362  is  the  colophon — 
"  Newlie  correctit  and  |  Imprintit  at  Edinburgh  be  Thomas  | 
Bassandine,  dwelland  at  the  Nether  Bow.  ]  M.D.LXXIIII.  |  " 

Henry  Charteris'  Preface  is  omitted,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
Fourth  Book  of  the  Monarchic  there  is  no  date,  but  simply  "  Finis  | 
Ovod  David  Lyn-  |  desay.  |  "  It  is  of  this  work  that  Bassandyne 
had  510  copies  in  stock  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1577,  but  of  these 
only  one  has  been  discovered,  which  was  formerly  the  property  of 
George  Chalmers,  and  is  now  at  Britwell. 

'575  The  CL.  |  Psalmes  Of  |  David  In  En-  |  glish  metre.  |  With  The 

I-'''-    Forme    Of  |  Prayers,    and    Ministration    of  the   Sacra-  |  ments  &c. 

vsed  in  the  Churche  of  Scot-  ]  land.     Whereunto  besydes  that  was 

in  the  |  former    bookes,    are   added  also  sundrie  o-  |  ther   Prayers, 

with  a  newe  &   exact  Kal-  |  lender  for  xvi.   yeres  next  to  come.  | 


3IO  Thomas  Bassandyne  s   Works, 

IT  The  contentes  of  this  Booke  are  specified  in  the  page  |  following 
after  the  declaration  of  the  Almanak.  |  [Device  of  Bassandyne.] 

Printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Thomas  Bassan-  |  dine  dwelling  at  the 
nether  |  Bow.    1575.  |  Cvm  Privilegio.  | 

Small  octavo,  containing  (i)  Kalendar,  &c.,  12  leaves,  sig.  \^,  ^4, 
A — K^,  pages  159;  (2)  The  Psalmes  with  the  Tunes,  signatures 
A — li^  pages  512;  and  (3)  The  Catechism,  signatures  A — Mm^, 
Nn4,  pages  192.     Nn4  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

Of  this  edition  no  complete  copy  is  known.  A  copy  in  the 
library  of  the  late  Dr.  D.  Laing  had  the  Psalms  entire,  but  wanted 
several  leaves  of  the  Prayers  and  Catechism.  Another  copy  in  the 
Bodleian  Library,  Oxford,  has  the  Prayers  and  Catechism  perfect, 
but  the  Psalms  are  wanting.  A  third  copy  with  the  general  title, 
Kalendar  and  Psalms  (but  wanting  all  the  Prayers  and  Catechism), 
was  in  George  Chalmers's  library,  sold  by  auction  in  1842,  and  is 
now  also  in  the  Bodleian — pressmark.  Mason  CC.  84. 

The  following  collation  is  from  the  copy  in  the  Bodleian — 
pressmark,  Crines,  313 — with  the  missing  part  supplied  from  an 
examination  of  Chalmers's  copy  : — 

IT  I  Title,  verso  blank ;  'lij''  A  Table  to  finde  out  the  Golde 
nombre ;  \\-^ — 8''  Kalendar  ;  8*^ — ^j^'  A  Table  to  finde  out  in  what 
signe  the  Moone  is  in  ;  ^j'^ — ij''  A  brief  declaration  ;  ^ij'' — 3^  The 
Contentes;  ^3*^ — 4^  Veni  Creator,  with  music;  Aj — K  8",  pp.  2-159 
(p.  2  is  on  Aj''),  Confession  of  Faith,  &c.  ;  K  8^^  Arabesque  ornament. 
[Psalms  should  follow  here.]  A.j — Ii.j=',  pp.  1-497,  The  Psalmes; 
li.j'' — 5,  pp.  498-506,  The  Lord's  Prayer,  &c.,  in  verse;  Ii6 — 8, 
pp.  507-[5i2]  (the  last  five  pages  not  numbered),  The  Table; 
A  1=^  Title:  "The  |  Catechisme  |  Or  Maner  To  Teache  |  Children 
The  Chri-  I  stian  Reli-  |  gion.  |  Wherein  the  Minister  demandeth 
the  cjucstion,  |  and  the  Childe  maketh  aunswer :  made  by  the  | 
excellent    Doctor   and    Pastor    in    Christs    Church  1   lohn    Calvin.  I 


Thomas  Bassandynes   Works.  311 

Ephes.  2.  I  IT  The  doctrine  of  the  Apostles  and  Prophetes  ]  is  the 
foundation  of  Christs  Church.  |  [Bassandyne's  device.]  Printed  by 
Thomas  Bassandine  dwel-  |  ling  at  the  nether  Bow.  |  M.D.LXXV.  ] 
Cvm  Privilegio.  |  "  A  i''  blank,  Aij — N  3^  pp.  3-193,  The  Cate- 
chisme  &c.  At  foot  of  N  3=1 — ^"  Printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Tho-  |  mas 
Bassandine  dwelling  |  at  the  nether  |  Bow.  \  M.D.LXXV.  |  "  N  3'' 
is  blank.     N  4  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

An  edition  of  the  Psalms,  printed  by  Bassandyne  in  1578,  is 
mentioned  by  Principal  Lee  in  the  "  Memorial  for  the  Bible  Society," 
but  as  the  printer  died  in  1577,  and  no  example  dated  1578  has  been 
found,  we  presume  that  one  of  the  imperfect  copies  of  1575  may 
have  been  assigned  to  a  wrong  date. 

The  Newe  Testament.     Thomas   Bassandyne,  1576. 

We  shall  leave  over  the  description  of  this,  the  principal  work 
executed  by  Bassandyne,  until  we  come  to  examine  the  complete 
Bible,  published  by  his  partner  and  successor  in  1579. 


CHAPTER   XXIII. 

ALEXANDER    ARBUTHNET. 

A '\  TE  have  already  related  all  that  is  known  of  the  early  history 
*  *  of  Alexander  Arbuthnet  in  the  sketch  of  the  life  of  his 
partner,  Thomas  Bassandyne.  We  noticed  that  in  January,  1576-7, 
Arbuthnet  sued  his  partner  for  fulfilment  of  a  contract  to  deliver  the 
printing-office  and  the  partly  printed  Bible,  which  had  occupied  their 
attention  for  so  long,  and  that  the  Privy  Council  gave  orders  to  have 
the  arrangement  carried  out  without  delay.  Up  to  this  time  it  is 
probable  that  Arbuthnet  was  not  engaged  in  the  practical  work  of 
the  printing  business,  but  was  merely  a  partner  in  the  Bible  specula- 
tion, which  appeared  to  be  tardy  in  coming  to  maturity. 

The  only  notice  of  Arbuthnet  which  we  have  recovered,  between 
the  date  of  Bassandyne's  death  and  the  publication  of  the  Bible,  is 
a  Licence  granted  to  him  on  the  first  of  April,  1579,  to  print  the 
Psalm  Book,  Prayers,  and  Catechisms.  We  are  unable  to  say 
whether  Arbuthnet  ever  e.xercised  his  privilege  in  this  respect,  as 
no  copy  of  the  Book  of  Common  Order,  with  his  imprint,  has 
yet  been  discovered. 

We  are  enabled  to  fix  the  date  of  the  publication  of  the  Bible  to 
some  time  between  August  24th  and  the  end  of  the  year  1579,  for 
on  the  first  mentioned  date  Arbuthnet  was  made  King's  Printer, 
which  title  appears  on  the  titlepage  of  the  Bible.      The  privileges 


Alexander  Arbuthnet.  311 

he  received  were  extensive,  and  included  power  "to  print,  during 
his  lifetime,  all  works  in  Latin,  English,  or  Scots,  tending  to  the 
glory  of  God,  iind  commonweal  of  this  realm,  he  obtaining  first 
special  license  thereupon."  He  was  also  licensed  to  print  and  sell 
Bibles  "in  the  vulgar  Inglis,  Scottis,  and  Latine  toungis,  with  ane 
callendar,"  for  ten  years.  Principal  Lee  quaintly  remarks,  that 
"Arbuthnet,  after  he  became  King's  Printer,  was  noted  for  his 
incorrectness.  In  1582  he  published  the  first  edition  of  Buchanan's 
History,  '  with  many  an  error  (says  Mr.  George  Chalmers)  in  every 
page.'  The  errata  typographica  of  this  edition,  subjoined  to 
Crawford's  Notes  on  Buchanan's  History,  printed  in  1708,  fill 
twelve  pages."  *  That  the  incorrectness  in  Arbuthnet's  typography 
was  due  to  his  advancement  to  the  office  of  King's  Printer  we  cannot 
admit,  but  would  rather  suggest,  that  having  no  practical  training, 
he  was  unable  to  cope  with  the  difficulties  of  the  craft. 

An  Epistle  Dedicatory  was  prefixed  to  the  Bible  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  dated  loth  July,  1579.  It 
appears  from  the  Register  of  the  Church  that  this  epistle  was 
presented  to  the  Assembly  by  Mr.  Alexander  Arbuthnot,  and  referred 
to  Mr.  Thomas  Smeton,  Moderator,  and  his  assessors,  to  be  con- 
sidered by  them,  together  with  the  calendar  to  be  presented  by 
Mr.  Robert  Pont.  In  this  dedication,  approved  and  adopted  by  the 
Assembly,  the  king  is  reminded  that  "the  false  named  clergy  of  this 
realm,  abusing  the  gentle  nature  of  His  Highness's  most  noble 
gudshir  of  worthy  memory,  (James  V.)  made  it  a  capital  crime,  to 
be  punished  with  the  fire,  to  have  or  read  the  New  Testament  in  the 
vulgar  language  ;  and  to  make  them  to  all  men  more  odious,  as  if  it 
had  been  the  detestable  name  of  a  pernicious  sect,  they  were  named 
New  Testamentars."  His  Majesty  is  also  most  earnestly  exhorted 
to  "remember  diligently  how  the  setting  forth   and   authorizing  of 

*  Memorial  for  the  Bible  Society,  f.  $6. 

Q  Q 


314  Alexander  Arbuthnet. 

this  book  chiefly  pertains  to  his  charge."  The  meaning  of  this  last 
expression  may  probably  be  inferred  from  an  act  of  parliament 
passed  in  the  course  of  that  year,  ordaining  every  householder 
worth  300  merks  of  yearly  rent,  and  every  yeoman  or  burgess 
■worth  ^500  stock,  to  have  a  bible  and  psalm-book,  in  vulgar 
language,  in  their  houses,  under  the  pain  of  ten  pounds.*  On  the 
13th  February,  1579-80,  the  Privy  Council  issued  a  warrant  for  the 
execution  of  the  act  "that  houshalders  have  Bybillis  and  Psalme 
buikis."  t 

The  reason  is  not  apparent,  but  we  know  that  Arbuthnet  was 
very  slow  in  delivering  copies  which  had  been  paid  for  three  years 
before  publication.  Nearly  twelve  months  after  publication,  the 
General  Assembly — convened  at  Dundee,  and  begun  12th  July, 
1580 — presented  the  following  petition  in  their  "articles  proponit 
to  his  Majesty  and  Counsall "  (Sess.  10.  Art.  6).  "That  ordour 
may  be  takin  with  Alexander  Arbuthnot,  that  the  Bybles  may  be 
delyverit  according  to  his  receipt  of  money  from  every  paroch ; 
and  to  that  effect,  that  he  and  his  soverties  [sureties]  may  be 
commandit  be  letters  of  horneing  for  delyverance  thereof;  and  no 
suspension  to  be  grantit  without  the  samein  be  delyverit."  J 

Upon  this  same  occasion  the  Assembly  expressed  their  dis- 
satisfaction with  Arbuthnet's  qualifications,  and  recommended — 
"because  ther  is  great  necessitie  of  a  printer  within  this  countrey  " — 
that  Vautrolier,  "a  stranger  banischit  for  religioun,"  be  licensed  and 
privileged  to  exercise  his  craft  as  he  had  offered.  § 

Arbuthnet's  dealings  with  the  citizens  in  regard  to  the  Bible  do 
not  appear  to  have  been  at  all  times  smooth,  for  on  the  6th  April, 
1580,  the  following  petition  was  presented  to  the  Edinburgh  Town 

*  Memorial  for  the  Bible  Society,  p.  jt?. 

+  Register  of  the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland,  Vol.  Hi. ,  f.  266. 
X  Booke  of  the  Universall  Kirke  of  Scotlaml,  Vol.  ii.,  p.  462. 
%  Ibid.,    Vol  a.,  p.  462. 


Alexander  Arbuthnet.  315 

Council  by  the  "reader"  of  the  burgh,  who  considered  ihm  he  had 

been  wronged  in  having  to  pay  for  binding  the  Bible : — 

Cairnis,  Jhone  Cairnis,  redare  of  this  burgh,  presentit  ane 

redare,  bybill,      new  prentit  bybill  bund  in  blak  lether,  deliuerit  to 

Arbuthnet.  him  be  Alexander  Arbuthnet  for  fulfilling  of  the 

ordour  appoyntit  to  the  said  Alexander  at  the  granting  of  licence 

to  him    to    prent    the   said   bybillis.       And    becaus  the  said   Jhone 

declairit  that  he  had  payit  for  the  binding  thereof  the  sowm  of  twa 

merk,  the  said  Alexander  being  alwayes  bound  to  deliuer  the  sam 

frie  of  the  bynding,  thai  ordane  the  said  Alexander  to  be  chairget  to 

ansuer  before  thame  on  Fryday  nixt  and  to  cause  refound  the  said 

sowm,  and  the  said  Jhone  Cairnis  to  be  chairget  with  the  said  bybill 

heirafter  (Edinburgh  Council  Records,  Vol.  vi.,  fol.  31). 

The  "  reader  "  appears  to  have  received  an  adverse  decision,  for 
on  the  8th  June  of  the  same  year  the  Council  orders  payment  to  be 
made  for  the  binding  : — • 

Precept,  Ordanis   Andro   Steuinsoun,    thesaurer,    to    pay  to 

thesaurer,         Jhone    Cairnis,    reidar,    the    sowm    of  twa   markis 
Cairnis,  quhilk    the    said    Jhone    payet    and    avanceit    for 

reidare.  binding    of    the    new    prentit    byble    pertening   to 

the  guid  toun  and  being  in  his  handis  (Edinburgh  Council  Records, 
Vol.  VI.,  fol.  50). 

The  Town  Council  of  Edinburgh,  by  several  acts,  did  all  in  their 
power  to  further  the  circulation  of  the  Bible.  The  first  ordinance 
which  we  have  seen  is  dated  28th  October,  1580,  and  "ordanis 
proclamatioun  to  be  maid  throw  this  burgh  commanding  all  nicht- 
bouris,  of  this  burgh,  substantious  houshalderi.s,  to  haif  ane  bybill  in 
thair  houssis  vnder  the  paynes  contenit  in  the  actes  of  parliament 
maid  thairanent,  and  aduertesing  thame  that  the  saidis  bybillis  ar  to 
be  sawld  in  the  merchant  buith  of  Andro  Williamsoun  on  the  north 
syde.of  this  burgh,  besyde  the  meill  mercatt "  (Edinburgh  Council 
Records,  Vol.  vi.,  fol.  90). 


3i6  Alexander  Arbuthnet. 

This  was  followed  by  an  act  of  council,  dated  nth  November  in 
the  same  year,  and  is  of  a  still  more  stringent  nature.  On  that  day 
the  provost,  baillies,  and  council,  "for  better  executioun  of  the  laitt 
act  of  Parliament  maid  anent  the  having  of  bybles  and  psalmes 
buikis,  ordanis  the  haill  nychtbouris  of  this  burgh  to  [be]  callit  in 
before  the  baillies  be  thair  quarteris,  for  nocht  keping  of  the  said 
act,  to  be  adiugeit  in  the  vnlaw  thairin  contenit ;  and  for  eschewing 
of  all  fraude  ordanis  sic  as  sail  bring  thair  bybilles  and  psalm  buikis 
to  hafe  thair  names  writtin  and  subscryuet  be  the  clerk,  and  thairafter 
the  buikis  delyuerit  to  thame  "  (Edinburgh  Council  Records,  Vol.  vi., 
fol.  95)- 

This  again  was  followed  by  an  ordinance  passed  at  the  Council 
Meeting  on  the  i6th  of  the  same  month,  which  "names  and 
constitutes  Androw  Slater  and  Thomas  Aikinheid,  maisteris  of  the 
hospitall,  and  ilk  ane  of  thame  coniunctly  and  seuerally  thair  pro- 
curatouris  fiscalles,  and  collectouris  for  the  puir  in  that  pairt,  to  call 
and  persew  all  persounis  that  hes  incurret  the  payne  of  the  actis  of 
parliament  for  nocht  haveing  ane  bybill  and  psalme  bulk  within  -eir 
and  day,  conforme  to  the  said  act,  with  power  to  vplift  the  said 
paynes"  (Edinburgh  Council  Records,  Vol.  vi.,  fol.  96). 

These  notices  are  curious  as  exhibiting  the  amount  of  individual 
liberty  which  the  Reformation  had  brought  to  Scotsmen. 

The  works  printed  by  Arbuthnet  which  have  come  down  to  our 
days  are  very  few.  Besides  the  Bible  and  Buchanan's  History,  both 
of  which  we  have  already  referred  to,  the  only  issues  from  his  press 
known  to  us  are — a  romance  called  "  The  Bulk  of  Alexander  the 
Great,"  of  which  only  one  imperfect  copy  is  known  ;  a  Latin  tract  of 
six  leaves  by  Professor  William  Welwood  ;  and  the  Acts  of  the 
Parliament  held  at  Edinburgh,  22nd  May,  1584. 

Arbuthnet's  device,  which  is  copied  from  that  of  Richard  Jugge 
and  John  Windet,  appears  in  two  sizes.  A  facsimile  of  the  large 
device  is  given  on  the  next  page,  and  is  a  very  beautiful  example 


Alexander  ^Irdui/incl.  317 

of  woodcutting.  Dr.  Laing  states,  in  his  preface  to  "  The  Buik  (jf 
Alexander  the  Great,"  that  "the  woodcuts  were  probably  executed 
by  a  Flemish  artist;  as  the  monogram,  consisting  of  the  letters. 
A.  VL.,  is  precisely  the  same  as  what  occurs  on  several  of  the 
spirited  woodcut  engravings  (usually  said   to  be   after   designs  by 


Titian)  in  Nicolas  de  Nicolay's  Travels,  printed  at  Antwerp  in  1576. 
According  to  Papillon  (Vol.  i.,  p.  152),  this  artist  was  Assuerus  vol 
Londersel ;  and  Huber  (Vol.  v.,  p.  176)  supposes  he  was  a  native  of 
Amsterdam."  The  smaller  device  is  in  every  respect  inferior  in 
execution  to  the  larger.     The  subject  is  the  same  in  both,  being  the 


o 


1 8  Alexander  ArbtUhnet. 


pelican  feeding  her  young  with  the  flesh  which  she  tears  from  her 
own  breast,  and  the  figures  Prudence  and  Justice  standing  one  on 
each  side.  The  printer's  name  appears  on  panels  at  the  top,  and  his 
initials  on  a  scroll  at  the  foot  of  the  device.  In  front  of  the  scroll 
are  the  arms  of  Arbuthnet. 

Arbuthnet  died  on  the  ist  of  September,  1585.  His  inventory- 
does  not  contain  any  books,  and  the  value  of  his  estate  is  very  small 
as  compared  with  that  of  Bassandyne  : — 

(Vol.  XV.)  The  Testament  datiue,  and  Inuentar  of  the 

Alexander  Ar-     guidis,  geir,  soumes  of  money,  and  dettes  per- 
BUTHNOTT,  tenyng    to    vmquhill    Alexander    Arbuthnet, 

xxij  Aprilis,  1586.     Burges   of   Edinburgh,  the  tyme  of  his  deceis, 
quha   decessit,   ab    intestate,    in    Pennycuik,    the 
first  day  of  September,  the  geir  of  God  !>".  V<=. 
Ixxxv   cjeiris,   faithfullie    maid  and  gevin  vp  be 
Agnes  Pennycuike,  his  relict  spous,  in  name  and 
behalf  of  Alesone,  Agnes,  Thomas,  George,  and 
Johne  Arbuthnettis,    their  lauchfull  bairnis  and 
executouris  datiues,  decernet  to  thair  said  vm- 
quhill Father  be  decreit  of  the  Commisseris  of 
Edinburgh.      As  the  samin  decreit,  of  the  dait 
at   Edinburgh  the  secund  day  of  Februar,   the 
^eir  of  God  foirsaid,  at  lenth  propoirtis. 
In    the    First,    the    said    vmquhill    Alexander    Arbuthnett, 
Burges  of  Edinburgh,  had  the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and 
dettis,  of  the  awaill  and  prices  eftir  following,  pertenyng  to  him  the 
tyme  of  his  deceis  foirsaid,  viz.  :    Item,  tua  prenting  presses,    with 
irnes  and  rest  of  the  furnissing  and   matcriallis  pertenyng  thairto, 
estimat  and  extending  to  the  sowme  of  Ixvj  li.  xiij  s.  iiij  d.      Item, 
in    vtencilis   and    domicilis,    with    the    abul-^ementes    of    his    bodey, 
estimat  and  extending  to  the  sowme  of  xl  li. 
Summa  of  the  Inventar,  I'^vj  li.  xiij  s,  iiij  d. 


Alexander  ArbutlnieL  319 

FoUowis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  was  awhi  to  the  said  vmquhill  Alexander  Arbuthnei 
be  Alexander  Bruce,  writter,  viij  li.  xvij  s.  conforme  to  ane  act  in  the 
Townes  buikis  of  Edinburgh. 

Summa  of  the  dettis  awin  to  the  Deid,  Viij  li.  xvij  s. 

Summa  of  the  Inventar  with  the  dettis,  I<^xv  li.  x  s.  iiij  d. 

To  be  deuidit  in  thrie  partis,  the  Deidis  part  is  Xxxviij  li.  x  s.  j  d. 

Quhairof  the  quot  is  gevin  gratis. 

We  Maisteris  John  Prestoun,  &c.  vnderstanding  that  eftir  dew 
summondyng  and  warnyng  maid  be  forme  of  edict,  oppinlie  as 
effeiris  of  the  Executouris  and  intromettouris  with  the  gudis  and 
geir  of  the  said  vmquhill  Alexander  Arbuthnet,  and  of  vtheris 
haifand  intres  to  compeir  judicialie  befoir  ws,  at  ane  certane  day 
bypast,  to  heir  and  sie  executouris  datiues  decernit  to  be  gevin, 
admittit,  and  confermit  be  ws,  in  and  to  the  gudis  and  geir  quhilkis 
instantlie  pertenit  to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceis  foirsaid ;  or  ellis  to 
schaw  ane  caus  quhy,  &c. 


CHAPTER   XXIV. 


ALEXANDER    ARBUTHNETS     WORKS. 


1579.    ^HE    Bible  I  And    Holy   Scriptvres  I  Conteined   In   The  |  Olde 
^^  -'■        And    Newe  |  Testament.  |  Translated    According  To   The  | 

'"^"  Ebrue  &  Greke,  &  conferred  with  the  beste  translations  |  in  diuers 
languages.  |  (.  •.)  |  With  Moste  Profitable  Annotations  |  Vpon  All 
The  Hard  Places  Of  The  Holy  Scriptvre,  |  and  other  things  of 
great  importance,  mete  for  |  the  godly  Reader.  |  (.  •.)  |  [Below  this 
is  a  woodcut  of  the  arms  of  Scotland,  measuring  4f  by  2i\  inches, 
and  on  either  side  of  which  is  : — 


GOD 
THE 


SAVE 
KING. 


Beneath  is: — ] 

Printed  In  Edinbrvgh  |  Be  Alexander  Arbuthnot,  Printer  to  the 
Kingis  Maiestie,  dwelling  |  at  ye  Kirk  of  feild.  1579.  |  Cvm  Gratia 
Et  Privilegio  Regiae  ]  Maiestatis.  | 

Folio.  Nine  preliminary  leaves,  viz.  : — i  Title,  as  above,  on  the 
reverse  "  The  names  and  order  of  all  the  Bookes  |  of  the  olde  & 
New  Testament,"  i  page;  2-3,  marked  [.'.)\].,  "To  the  Richt 
Excellent  Richt  ]  heich  and  Michtie  Prince  lames  the  Sext  |  King 
of  Scottis,"  &c.,  3^  pp,  dated  at  the  end  "  From  Edinburgh  in  our 
ge-  I  neral  assemblie  the  tent  day  of]  lulie.   1579."  the  rest  of  the 


Alexander  Arbuthnef s    Works.  321 

page  is  blank;  4—7='  "An  dovble  Calendare,  |  to  wit,  the  Romano 
and  the  Hebrew-  |  Calendare,"  &c.,  "  Ane  Almanake,"  &c.,  7  pages; 
7!^  "11  A  table  to  find  out  in  what  signe  the  Moone  is  at  any  tyme 
for  euer,"  \  page,  under  which  are  "  Rvles  for  vnderstanding  \  of 
this  double  Calendare,"  occupying  that  and  half  of  8^  and  signed 
"  R.  Pont "  ;  the  remainder  of  the  page  is  filled  with  verses,  "  ^^ 
Of  the  incomparable  treasure  of  the  holy  Scriptures."  On  8''  begins 
"5^  A  Description  and  svccesse  |  of  the  Kinges  of  Ivda  and 
lervsalem,"  &c.,  \\  pages;  on  the  remaining  half  of  9^  is  "An 
exhortation  to  the  studie  of  the  holie  Scripture  "  ;  <^^  "  Howe  to  take 
profite  in  reading  of  the  holie  Scripture,"  signed  by  T.  Grasop,  one 
page,  at  the  bottom  of  which  is  Arbuthnet's  small  device.  The  te.xt 
of  the  Old  Testament  follows  on  503  double  pages,  and  has  its  leaves 
numbered  on  the  recto  of  each  folio,  from  i  to  503.  The  signatures, 
beginning  with  fol.  i,  are  marked  aj  to  pppp  5  in  sixes.  The 
pagination  is  very  incorrect,  but  the  signatures  and  catchwords  are 
regular.  At  the  foot  of  folio  503,  verso,  is  "  The  Third  Boke  of  | 
the  Maccabees  newlie  translated  out  |  of  the  original  Greke,"  but 
this  third  book  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  copies  known. 

The  New  Testament  follows  with  this  title  : — "  The  |  Newe 
Testament  |  Of  Ovr  Lord  le-  |  svs  Christ.  |  '^  |  Conferred  diligently 
with  the  Greke,  and  best  approued  ]  translations  in  diuers  languages. 
I  [Arms  of  Scotland,  as  on  general  title.] 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  ^^  Printed  By  Thomas  |  Bassandyne.  | 
M.D.LXXVI.  I  Cvm   Privilegio.  |  " 

The  reverse  is  blank.  The  text  is  on  125  leaves,  with  signatures 
A.ij,  on  folio  2  [misprinted  i],  to  X.v,  folio  125,  in  sixes.  On  X.vj 
to  Y.iij,  eight  pages,  not  paged  or  folioed,  is  "A  Brief  Table  Of 
The  I  Interpretation  Of  The  Pro-  |  pre  names  which  are  chiefly 
founde  in  the  olde  Te-  |  stament,"  printed  in  double  columns.  Then 
follows  "  A  Table  Of  The  Principal  |  things  that  are  conteined  in 

R  R 


32  2  Alexander  Arbuthnet's   Works. 

the  Bible,"  &c.,  in  treble  columns,  ending  on  the  middle  of  Z.vj, 
verso.  The  rest  of  the  page  and  that  following  are  filled  with 
"5^  A  Perfite  Svppvtation  Of  The  Yeres  |  and  times  from  Adam 
vnto  Christ,"  brought  down  "  vnto  this  present  yere  of  |  our  Lord 
God  1576."  On  the  reverse  is  "The  Order  of  the  yeres  from  Pauls 
conuersion,"  &c.,  one  page.  The  next  leaf  was  probably  blank,  but 
no  copy  is  known  to  contain  it. 

The  sacred  text  of  the  whole  work  is  in  double  columns, 
each  measuring  ii^X2f  inches,  exclusive  of  head-lines,  printed  in 
neat  roman  letter,  with  marginal  notes  in  a  smaller  type.  A  full 
column  has  58  or  60  lines.  Each  chapter  has  a  summary  in  a  few 
lines  in  small  type,  and  the  verses  are  numbered.  The  Old  Testa- 
ment has  25  woodcuts  inserted  with  the  text,  and  has,  besides,  a  map 
at  Numbers,  Chap.  2,1,  and  another  at  Joshua,  Chap.  15.  There  is 
also  a  folding  plan  of  the  Temple  at  the  end  of  Ezekiel.  Every  book 
has  a  large  heading  running  across  the  page  in  large  capitals,  and 
beneath  is  an  "  Argument "  {running  also  across)  in  smallest  type. 
The  initial  letter  of  the  first  chapter  of  each  book  is  a  fine  large 
florid  capital. 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  the  Bible  printed  in  Scotland.  The 
composition  and  the  language  is  English  and  not  Scotch.  It  is  in 
fact  a  reprint  of  the  Geneva  Bible  of  156 1.  At  the  end  of  the  13th 
chapter  of  Revelations  is  a  long  note,  in  which  is  found  a  word 
printed  in  rude  Greek  letters  (Xarcd'o?).  If  we  except  the  use  of  the 
Greek  capital  signia,  mentioned  at  page  170,  this  is  the  first  specimen 
of  Greek  printing  in  Scotland,  and  the  printer  had  not  a  complete 
fount  of  type,  as  in  the  same  note  he  uses  roman  letters  (chi,  xi,  st) 
for  X.  ^.  J- 

The  woodcut  of  the  arms  of  Scotland  on  the  titlepages  is  an 
almost  line  for  line  reduction  of  the  large  cut  found  on  the  Actis  of 
1 54 1,  Bellenden's  Croniklis,  and  some  of  Lekpreuik's  Actis. 


Alexander  ylrbiitknet' s   Wo7-ks.  323 

There  are  copies  of  the  Bible  of  1579  in  the  library  of  the 
British  Museum,  the  Advocates'  Library,  the  library  of  the  Earl 
Spencer,  the  late  Mr.  Francis  Fry,  &c.  Variations  occur  in  the 
eight  leaves  following  the  general  title  in  the  last-mentioned  copy. 


1582  Rervm  Scotica-  |  rvm  Historia  |  Avctore  j  Georgio  Buchanano  [ 

130-    Scoto.  I  [Arbuthnet's  large  device.] 

Edimbvrgi    |    Apud    Alexandrum    Arbuthnetum    Typographum 
Regium  |  Anno  M.D.LXXXII.  |  Cvm   Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  roman  type,  with  signatures,  catchwords,  and 
the  leaves  numbered  on  recto  only.  The  signatures  are  (*:jf:*K  A^, 
B— M6,  N— P4,  Q3,  R4,  S— Zz6.  The  title,  within  a  border  of 
flowers,  is  blank  on  the  reverse  ;  (*^*)ij  Buchanan's  dedication  to 
King  James  VI.,  i  page,  having  five  Latin  epigrams  by  Andrew 
Melville  on  the  reverse  ;  (*=j(:*)iij  "  De  vera  causa  et  usu  historiae  j 
Roberto  Roloci  carmen,"  a  page  and  a-half,  followed  by  two  epigrams 
by  the  same,  which  complete  the  page  ;  (*:^*)iiij  "  Patria  alloquitur 
Regem  suum,"  14  lines,  having  on  the  reverse  an  epigram  of  10 
lines  upon  the  History,  by  John  Lindsay,  the  page  being  completed 
with  Arbuthnet's  small  device.  The  work  begins  upon  sig.  A,  and 
extends  to  Zz  5,  being  264  leaves,  of  which  one — Mm  6— is  blank. 
The  fourth  leaf  to  complete  the  quire  signed  O  is  not  found  in  any 
copy.  The  history  is  divided  into  twenty  books,  each  with  a  heading 
like  this,  which  is  that  of  the  first,  "  Rerum  Scotica-  |  rvm  Historia  | 
Auctore  |  Georgio  Bvchanano  |  Scoto  |  Liber  Prim  vs."  Each  book 
has  a  florid  initial,  similar  to  those  found  in  the  Bible  of  1579.  The 
lines  are  numbered  in  lo's  down  the  inner  margins  of  the  pages, 
beginning  on  the  recto,  and  ending  on  the  reverse  of  the  leaf — 10, 
20,  30,  40,  on  recto,  and  50,  60,  70,  80,  90,  on  verso.  Each  page 
has   forty-six   lines,  besides  the  running  head-line   ("  Rerum   Scoti- 


>s 


324  Alexander  Arbtdhnet' s   Works. 

carum  |  Liber  Quintus,"  or  the  like)  and  catchwords.  The  last,  or 
268th  leaf  of  the  book  counting  from  the  title,  has  one  third  of  a  page 
of  "  Errata,"  below  which  is  the  small  device  of  the  printer.  The 
reverse  is  blank. 

One  of  the  most  inaccurate  works  which  ever  issued  from  any 
press,  although  upon  the  whole  a  handsome  looking  volume.  It  was 
reprinted  in  the  following  year,  1583,  with  the  addition  of  Buchanan's 
Dialogue,  "  De  Jure  Regni  apud  Scotos,"  and  an  Index.  The 
imprint  of  this  second  edition  is  rather  ambiguous,  being  "  Edim- 
bvrgi.  Ad  exemplar  Alexandri  Arbuthneti  editum,  1583."  However, 
it  was  not  printed  in  Scotland,  and  therefore  does  not  further 
concern  us. 

There  are  copies  of  Buchanan's  History  in  the  British  Museum, 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  in  numerous  public  and  private 
libraries. 

1582  Guilielmi  |  Velvod  De  Agva  |  in  altum  per  fistulas  plum-  |  beas 

131.  Facile  Ex-  |  primenda  apologia  |  demonstratiua.  |  [Arbuthnet's 
small  device.] 

H  Edimbvrgi  |  Apud  Alexandrum  Arbuthnetum,  |  Typographum 
Regium.  |  1582.  | 

A  quarto  of  six  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging, 
but  with  catchwords  and  signatures  A4  B^.  A  !=•  the  titlepage,  i'' 
Latin  verses,  with  Arbuthnet's  small  device  at  the  foot  of  the  page  ; 
A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  to  Francis,  Earl  of  Bothwell,  dated  "Andrea- 
poli  pridae  nonas  Novembris  1582";  A3 — B2  De  aqua.  Arbuthnet's 
small  device  occurs  again  at  foot  of  last  page. 

See  note  iii.  in  McCrie's  "  Life  of  Andrew  Melville "  for  an 
account  of  Welwood  and  his  works. 

A  copy  of  the  tract  described  above  is  in  the  library  of  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  and  is  considered  to  be  unique. 


Alexander  Arbut/uiet's   Works.  325 

1582  A    Dedamtioii    of  the    King's    Majcstie's   Will    and    Intcntioun 

133.    anent  the  Religioun. 

Edinburgh,  Alexander  Arbuthnet,    1582. 

This  is  a  Proclamation,  of  which  the  original  was  perhaps  a 
broadside,  given  at  length  in  the  Appendix  to  Vol.  iii.  of  Calder- 
wood's  History,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  King's  command  to 
Alexander  Arbuthnet  to  print  it,  "subscribed  with  our  hand,  at  the 
Burgh  of  Perth,  the  15  day  of  July,  and  of  our  reigne  the  15th 
yeare.  1582.  James  R."  After  this  follow  "The  Kings  verses 
when  he  was  fyfteene  yeere  old,"  six  in  number. 

1584  In  I  The  Cvrrent  1  Parliament  Haldin  At  Edin-  |  burgh  the  xxii 

133.  day  of  Mail,  the  ^eir  of  God  ane  |  thousand,  fyue  hundreth,  fourscoir 
four  cjeirs,  |  Thir  Lawis,  Statutis,  &  Constitutionis  |  ar  deusit,  ordinit, 
and  colnclu-  |  dit,  be  the  richt  excellent,  |  richt  Heich  &  |  Michtie 
Prince  lames  the  Sext,  |  be  the  grace  of  God  King  |  of  Scottis,  and 
thrie  |  Estatis  of  this  Realme  |  as  followis.  |  [Arbuthnet's  small 
device.] 

H  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Alexander  Arbuth-  |  net,  Prenter  to 
the  Kingis  Maiestie.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words and  signatures  A — D4,  each  leaf  being  signed  Bj,  Bij,  Biij, 
Biiij,  &c.  Aj'^  Title,  within  border,  verso  blank  ;  Aij — -Dij,  folios 
iii.-xiiii.,  The  Actis;  Dili — D  4=^  The  Tabill  of  the  Actis.  Arbuthnet's 
small  device  at  foot  of  D  4=^.     D  4''  is  blank. 

Copies  are  preserved  in  the  British  Museum,  and  in  the  library  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

F580?]  [The  Buik  of  Alexander  the  grit.J 

134.  This  is  a  quarto  volume,  printed  in  roman  letter,  of  which  the 
title,  and  eight  leaves  of  signature  I,  are  wanting  in  the  only  known 


o 


26  Alexander  Arbttthnet' s   Works. 


copy.  The  signatures  run  from  A — Ee^  Ff^,  and  are  quite  regular. 
There  is  no  pagination,  but  there  are  catchwords.  From  the 
occurrence  of  Alexander  Arbuthnet's  device  in  several  places,  it  is 
evident  that  the  volume  came  from  his  press,  and  although  there  is 
no  date  we  can  with  safety  assign  it  to  about  the  year  1580. 

The  following  is  the  collation  of  the  work : — Title  wanting, 
A.j.  "  Heir  beginnis  the  first  parte  of  this  |  bulk  of  the  most  noble 
and  valiant  Conquerour  |  Alexander  the  grit.  Callit  the  Forray  of 
Gadderis,"  to  G  ^^,  with  small  device  at  foot  of  page.  Running 
head-lines,  "  H  The  Forray]  Of  Gadderis."  G  5"^  large  device. 
G  6  "  Heir  beginnis  the  secound  part  |  of  this  bulk.  Callit  the 
avowis  of  Alexander,"  to  Z  8^,  verso  blank.  Running  head-lines, 
"H  The  Avowes  |  Of  Alexander."  Aa.j.  "5^  Heir  |  begynnis  the 
great  battell  of  Ef-  |  fesovn,  Strykkin  Be  Alex-  |  ander  the  great, 
aganis  auld  Clarus  King  of  Inde,  |  for  the  great  outtraige  committed 
be  him  |  aganis  Fesonas,  douchter  to  \  Gavdeeir  de  larys.  |  Quhairin 
is  1  contened  the  names,  and  vail-  |  zeant  deids  of  the  moste  |  nobill 
knichtis  |  that  was  in  all  the  warlde  at  |  that  tyme.  &c.,"  to  Ff  v.^ 
Head-lines,  "The  Great  Battell  |  Of  Effesovn."  Ffvi.-''  is  blank, 
but  on  the  reverse  is  the  large  device  of  Arbuthnet. 

Dr.  Laing,  who  edited  the  reprint  of  this  work  for  the  Bannatyne 
Club  in  1834,  says  "the  original  title  seems  to  have  been.  The 
Avowis  of  Alexander.  At  least  Henry  Charteris,  bookseller  in 
Edinburgh,  who  died  29th  Augt.,  1599,  had  in  his  stock  of  books, 
'  xii  Awowis  of  Alexander  bund,  att  x  s.  the  pece '  ;  also  '  nyne 
unbund,  at  vij  s.  vi  d.  the  pece';  and  in  a  previous  inventory  of 
Robert  Gourlaw,  bookbinder,  6th  September,  1581,  there  was  a  copy 
of  the  '  Vowis  of  Alexander,'  valued  at  viij  s." 

This  unique  volume  is  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Dalhousie, 
and  is  a  characteristic  specimen  of  the  inaccuracy  of  Arbuthnet's 
workmanshii).  It  is  an  anonymous  translation  from  a  French 
Romance,  first  published  in   1438. 


CHAPTER    XXV. 

JOHN  ROSS. 

/'"^F  the  earlier  history  of  this  printer,  nothing  is  known.  He 
^^  may  have  been  a  son,  grandson,  or  other  relative  of  that 
Andro  Ross  who,  with  William  and  Francis  Frost,  William  Sym, 
and  other  merchants  of  Edinburgh,  were  complained  against  by 
Walter  Chepman,  in  the  year  1509,  for  importing  various  church 
service-books  which  were  then  prohibited  to  be  used  or  brought  into 
Scotland,  and  which  they,  notwithstanding,  daily  sold,  no  doubt  to 
the  annoyance  and  pecuniary  detriment  of  Chepman.* 

John  Ross  was  not  a  burgess  of  the  city  of  Edinburgh,  but  he 
appears  to  have  been  in  comfortable  circumstances,  for  the  inventory 
of  his  estate,  after  his  decease,  was  valued  at  £62"]  8s.,  of  which 
there  was  "the  soume  of  ane  hundreth  and  twantie  pundis  of  reddy 
money  in  his  kist,"  and  his  domiciliary  articles  were  estimated  at 
"  thre  scoir  pundis." 

The  place  of  residence,  or  the  locality  of  his  printing-house,  are 
not  known,  and  no  evidence  of  these  particulars  can  be  learned  from 
the  colophons  of  his  works.  We  know  that  he  held  one  house  of 
the  yearly  rental  of  ^8  from  Robert  Watson,  and  another  at  a  rental 
of  £\2  from  Robert  Cowper,  tail-eour,  a  burgess  of  Edinburgh. 

*  .See  pages  83-85. 


!28 


John  Ross. 


Ross  appears  to  have  confined  himself  solely  to  printing  and 
bookbinding,  and  does  not  seem  to  have  kept  a  general  stock  of 
books  for  retail  purposes.  He  was  largely  patronized  by  Henrie 
Charteris,  at  whose  expense  he  printed  "The  Catechisme"  in  1574, 
and  for  whom  he  continued  to  work  until  his  death.  At  that  time 
Charteris  acquired  the  printing  materials  of  John  Ross,  and  after- 


wards made  use  of  the  device  of  the  latter  on  books  printed    by 
himself. 

John  Ross  died  in  July,  1580.      His  device  was  a  female  figure. 
Truth,    holding   in  her  right  hand   a  book,   on   the  open   pages  of 
which  is  written  "Verbum  Dei,"  and  in  her  left  hand  a  lighted  candle. 
Round  this  is  the  motto  "  Vincet  tandem  Veritas,"  with   florexl  and 


John  Ross.  329 

other  embellishments  outside.  Of  this  device  he  had  two  sizes,  the 
larger  of  which  is  represented  on  the  previous  page.  These  devices 
were  afterwards  used  by  Robert  Waldegrave  in  1591  and  1592,  and 
the  smaller  one  was  copied  and  used  by  George  Anderson  in  "The 
Muses  Threnodie"  in  1638.  Anderson's  copy  wants  the  words  on 
the  book,  but  otherwise  it  is  similar. 

We  find,  from  the  inventory  of  his  stock,  that  at  the  time  of 
his  death  in  1580  Ross  "had  280  copies  of  Bishop  Douglas's 
'  Palice  of  Honour,'  printed  by  him  in  1579,  and  200  copies  of 
Rolland's  '  Sevin  Sages,'  printed  in  1578,  but  of  these  not  more 
than  three  copies  of  the  first,  and  only  one  of  the  second,  arc  known 
to  be  preserved." 

We  also  learn,  from  the  inventory  of  debts  due  to  Ross,  that  he 
lent  his  services  towards  completing  the  first  Bible  printed  in 
Scotland.  Not  only  was  "  the  sourne  of  fourtene  pundis  awand  be 
Alexander  Arbuthnet  for  twa  oulkis  waigis  to  the  defunct  and  his 
seruandis  in  prenting  the  bibyll  ";  but  Arbuthnet  is  likewise  indebted 
to  him  for  "  ane  barrell  of  prenting  ink,"  for  which  he  is  charged 
"the  soume  of  tuentie  sex  pundis." 

Although  Ross  had  a  fair  amount  of  ordinary  types,  he  had  no 
Greek  characters.  In  Smeton's  "Ad  virulentum  A.  Hamiltonii 
apostatae  dialogum,"  printed  by  him  in  1579,  the  Greek  words  are 
filled  in  by  the  pen. 

We  reprint  the  inventory  of  Ross's  goods  and  debts  from  the 
"Miscellany  of  the  Bannatyne  Club,"  Vol.   11.: — 

(Vol.  VIII.)  The   Testament    datiue,   and    Innuentar    of 

JoHNE  Ross,        the  guddis,   geir,  soumes  of  money,  and  dettis 

xviij  of  Februar,     perteining  to  vmquhile  Johne  Ross,  Prentar  in 

1580.  Edinburgh,  the  tyme  of  his  deceiss,  quha  deceist 

in  the  moneth  of  Julij,    1580    -eiris,    faythfullie 

s  s 


330  John  Ross. 

maid   and  gevin  vp  be   Margaret  Rowane,   his 

relict,  in  name  and  behalf  of  Johne  Ross,  thair 

lauchfull  sone,  executour  datiue,  decernit  to  his 

said  vmquhile  Father,  be  decreitt  of  the  Com- 

misseris  of   Edinburgh,   as    the    samin    decreitt, 

of  the  dait  the  xiiij  day  of  Februar,  the  jeir  of 

God  foirsaid,  at  lenth  proportis. 

In   the  first,  the  said  vmquhile  Johne  Ross  had  the  guddis, 

geir,  soumes  of  money,  and  dettis,  of  the   awaill   and   prices  efter 

following,  pertening  to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceiss,  viz.  : — ^Nynetene 

stane  v^^echt  of  prenting  lettres,  price  of  the  pund  wecht,  owrheid, 

nyne  schillingis — summa,  ane  hundreth  threttie  sex  pundis,  sextene 

schillingis.      Item,  ane  furneist  preiss,  pertening  to  the  defunct,  price 

thairof,  threttie  pundis.      Item,  ane  cutting  press,  and  ane  pleuch, 

price  therof,    foure  pundis.      Item,    ane  sewing  press,    price  therof, 

vi  s.  viii  d.      Item,  ane  dinging  hammer  of  brass,  price  therof,  x  s. 

Item,  ane  irene  hammer,  price  therof,  fyve  schillingis.      Item,  thre 

hundreth  litill  Psalme  buikis,  vnbund,  price  of  the  peice,  thre  s.  vi  d. 

— summa,  fyftie-tua  pundis  x  s.      Item,  tua  hundreth  Sevin  Seigis, 

vnbund,  price  of  the  peice,  iij  s.  iiii  d. — summa,  threttie  fyve  pundis. 

Item,   aucht    hundreth    First  partis,   vnbund,    price    of  the    dosane, 

xiii  s.  iiij  d. — summa,  xliiij  li.  viij  s.      Item,  sevin  hundreth  Secund 

partis,  vnbund,  price  of  the  dossone,  vij  s. — summa,  xx  li.  viij  s  iiij  d. 

Item,  foure  hundreth  Thrid  and  Feird  partis,  vnbund,  price  of  the 

dossone,  fyve  schillingis — summa,  aucht  pundis  vi  s.   viij  d.       Item, 

tua  hundreth   foure  scoir   Palices  of   Honor,  vnbund,   price  of  the 

dosane,  xv  s. — summa,  xvij  li.  x  s.       Item,    fyftene  gross  of  singil 

Cattichisholmes,   vnbund,    price  of  the  gross,   xi  s. — summa,   aucht 

pund  xiij  s.      Item,  sevin  dosane  of  dowbill  Catichismes,  bund,  price 

of  the  dosane,  xiij  s.  iiij  d. — summa,  iiij  li.  xiij  s.  iiij  d.      Item,  sevin 

hundreth  and  ane  half  hundreth  Catois,  price  of  the  dosane,  xviij  s. 


John  Ross.  331 

— summa,  foure  pund  xiij  s.  liij  d.  Item,  ane  thousand  Dicta  sapi- 
entum,  vnbund,  price  of  the  dosane,  xij  d. — sumtna,  iiij  li.  iij  s.  iiij  d. 
Item,  foure  hundreth  thre  scoir  Rudimentis,  vnbund,  price  of  the 
dosane,  thre  schillingis — summa,  fyve  pundis  xv  s.  Item,  twentie- 
sevin  Psalme  buikis,  with  the  noittis,  half  bund  half  vnbund,  price 
of  the  peice,  viij  s. — summa,  ten  pundis,  xvj  s.  Item,  fourty  litill 
Psalme  buikis,  vnbund,  of  the  quhit  paper,  price  of  the  peice, 
vj  s.  viij  d. — summa,  xiij  li.  vj  s.  viij  d.  Item  aucht  hundreth 
Concordances,  vnbund,  at  xij  d.  the  dosane — summa,  thre  pund 
V  s.  viij  d.  Item,  of  reddy  money  in  his  kist,  the  soume  of  ane 
hundreth  and  tuentie  pundis.  Item,  the  hail  vtencilis  and  domicilis 
of  his  housse,  with  ane  siluer  peice  veyand  sex  vnce  wecht  and  ane 
half,  and  sex  siluer  spunis,  veyand  sex  vnce  vecht,  or  therby,  estimat 
and  extending  all  be  just  calculatioun  to  the  soume  of  thre  scoir  pundis. 
Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  V'^lxxxv  li.  vij  s.  iiij  d. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  wes  awin  to  the  said  vmquhile  Johne  Ross  be  Alex- 
ander Arbuthnet,  for  ane  barrell  of  prenting  ink,  the  soume  of 
tuentie-sex  pundis.  Item,  mair  restand  awand  be  the  said  Alexander 
Arbuthnet  for  tua  oulkis  waigis  to  the  defunct  and  his  seruandis  in 
prenting  of  the  bybill,  the  soume  of  fourtene  pundis.  Item,  be 
Johne  Smyth,  cramer,  at  the  kirk  dur,  viij  li.  Item,  be  Hary 
Ritchesoun,  cramer,  xxx  s.  viij  d.  Item,  awin  be  Johne  Deuar, 
sevin  pundis. 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid,  Lvj  li.  x  s.  viij  d. 

Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  with  the  dettis,  Vj'^xli  li.  xviij  s. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  be  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  wes  awin  be  the  said  vmquhile  Johne  Ross  to  Alex- 
ander Barclay,  ypothinger,  for  his  drogges  and  mediceins,  and  paines 


332  John  Ross. 

and  trawillis  takkin  on  the  defunct  the  tyme  of  his  seiknes,  xl  s. 
Item,  to  Robert  Watsoun  for  Mertimess  termes  maill  of  his  housse, 
in  anno  Ixxix  cjeiris,  foure  pund.  Item,  to  Robert  Cowper,  tai^eour, 
burges  of  Edinburgh,  for  the  Witsondayis  termes  maill  of  his  housse, 
1580  jeiris,  sex  pundis.  Item,  to  Agnes  Massone,  seruand  woman, 
for  ane  jeiris  fie,  xl  s.  Item,  to  Johne  Gibsoun,  buikbinder,  ten 
schillingis. 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awin  be  the  Deid,  Xiiij  li.  x  s. 

Restis  of  fre  geir,  the  dettis  deduceit,  Vj<=xxvij  li.  viij  s. 

To  be  diuidit  in  thre  partis,  the  Deidis  part  is  Ij'^ix  li.  ij  s.  viij  d. 
.  The  quot  of  this  Testament  is  componit  for  fyve  pundis. 

We  Maisteris  Eduard  Henryson  docter  in  the  lawis,  Alexander 
Sym,  and  Johne  Prestoun,  Commisseris  of  Edinburgh,  specialie 
constitut  for  confirmatioune  of  testamentis,  vnderstanding  that  efter 
dew  summonding  and  lauchfull  warning,  maid  be  form  of  edict 
oppinlie,  as  effeiris,  of  the  Executouris  and  intromettouris  with  the 
gudis  and  geir  of  vmquhill  Johne  Ross,  and  of  all  vtheris  haiffand 
entreiss  to  them  judiciallie  befoir  us  at  ane  certane  day  by  past,  to 
heir  and  sie  executouris  datiuis  decernit  to  be  gevin,  admittit,  and 
confirmet  be  us,  in  and  to  the  gudis  and  geir  quhilkis  justlie  pertenit 
to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceiss  ;  or  ellis  to  schaw  ane  causs  quhy,  &c. 
We  decernit  thairintill,  as  our  decreit  gevin  thairvpoun  beiris,  con- 
forme  to  the  quhilk,  we  in  our  Souerane  Lordis  name  and  authoritie 
makis,  constitutis,  ordanis,  and  confirmis  the  said  Johne  Ross, 
lauchfull  sone  to  the  defunct,  in  executour  datiue  to  the  said 
vmquhile  Johne  his  father,  with  power  to  him  to  intromet,  vptak, 
follow,  and  persew,  as  law  will,  the  gudis  and  geir  abone  specifiet, 
and  to  outred  dettis,  to  tred  to  and  generalie  all  and  sindrie  thingis, 
to  do  exerce   and  vse  that  to  the   office   of  executorie   datiue  as 


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333 


knawin  to  pertein.  Prouiding  that  the  said  executour  sail  ansuer 
and  render  compt  vpoun  thair  intromessioun,  quhar  and  quhen  the 
samyn  sail  be  requirit  of  him,  and  that  the  saidis  guidis  salbe 
furthcumand  to  all  parteis  haiffand  entreiss,  as  law  will,  quhairvpoun 
cautioun  is  fundin,  as  ane  Act  maid  thairvpoun  beris. 


CHAPTER   XXVI. 

JOHN     ROSS'S      WORKS. 

'574    ^  I  ^HE  catechisme  in  two  partes  ;  the  first  in  Scotch  poetry,  having 
•35-  a  kalender  before  it.     The  second  part  in  Latin  and  Scotis 

prose,  entituled,  Catechismus  ecclesise  Geneuensis,  hoc  est,  formula 
erudiendi  pueros  in  doctrina  Christi.  Authore  Johanna  Calvino. 
Ubi  colloquuntur  praeceptor,  et  discipulus,  vel  minister,  et  puer. 
IF  The  catechisme,  or  maner  to  teiche  children  the  christiane  religioun. 
Wherein  the  minister  demandeth  the  questioun,  and  the  chylde 
maketh  answer ;  made  by  the  excellent  doctour,  and  pastour  in 
Christis  Kirk,  Johne  Calvin.  The  first  question  is,  Quhat  is  the 
principal  and  cheif  end  of  mannis  Lyfe  ?     The  chyld  :  To  knaw  God. 

Edinburgh.    Imprinted  by  John  Ross,  for  Henrie  Charteris.    1574. 

Sixteens.  We  have  not  seen  a  copy  of  this  edition  of  Calvin's 
Catechisme  ;  the  title  as  given  above  is  from  Herbert's  edition  of 
Ames,  p.    1497. 

1574  C  The   Proclamation  of  the  crying  doun  of  |  the  new    Plakkis 

136.    and    Hardheidis.  |  [End]    lames    Regent.  |  At     Halyruidhous     the 
thrid  day  of  Marche.  |  M.D.LXXIIII.  | 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  be  me  lohne  Ros.  |  Cvm  Privilegio.  | 
Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  within  a  border.     The  original  is  in  the 
British  Museum — pressmark,  Cottonian,  Caligula,  c.  iv.  253, 


John  Ross  s   Works.  -^35 

75  Ane    Treatise    callit    the   |  Court    of    Vcnvs,    deuidit    into    four 

37.    Buikis,  I  Newlie  Compylit  be  lohne  Rol-  |  land  in  Dalkeith.  |  [Ross's 
large  device.] 

[Impre]ntit  at  Edinburgh  be  |  [Io]hne  Ros.  M.D.LXXV.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  the  Prologue,  which  is  in 
roman  characters.  The  work  is  paged  on  the  recto  only,  and  has 
catchwords  and  signatures  A — I^,  the  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet 
being  signed  D.j.,  D.ij.,  D.iij.,  D.iiij.,  and  four  unsigned.  The 
collation  is  A  i  Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 7,  six 
leaves,  Prologue  (in  verse);  the  last  page,  or  A  7^  is  blank  ;  A8 — I  7 
The  Poem,  on  64  folios  ;  I  8^  Ross's  large  device,  as  on  title,  with 
the  following  colophon  : — "  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  |  lohne  Ros. 
1575.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  |  "      18*^  is  blank. 

Rolland's  poem  of  "  The  Court  of  Venus"  was  reprinted  in  1884 
by  the  Scottish  Text  Society,  edited  by  the  Rev.  Walter  Gregor, 
LL.D.  The  original  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  34.  e., 
and  is  believed  to  be  unique. 

(S7S  The  I  Actis   Of   The  |  Parliament    Of  The    Maist    Hie,  |  maist 

1138.  Excellent,  and  Michtie  Prince,  and  our  So-  |  uerane  Lord  lames 
the  sext,  be  the  grace  of  God,  |  King  of  Scottis,  begune  and  haldin 
at  E-  I  dinburgh,  the  xv.  day  of  december.  The  ^eir  of  God  |  ane 
thousand  fiue  hundreth  Ixvij.  ^eiris.  Be  our  said  |  Souerane  Lordis 
derrest  cousing  and  vncle  lames  |  Erie  of  Murray,  Lord  Abirnethie. 
&c.  Regent  to  our  |  Souerane  Lord,  his  Realme  and  liegis.  To- 
gidder  |  with  the  Prelatis,  Erlis,  Barronis,  Comissionaris  |  of 
Burrowis,  speciallie  compeirand  in  the  said  Par-  |  liament,  as  the 
thre  Estatis  of  this  Realme.  The  |  saidis  Actis  being  oppinlie  red, 
concludit  and  |  votit  in  the  said  Parliament,  to  remaine  as  |  perpetuall 


336  John  Rosss   Works. 

Lawis  to  all  the  subiectis  of  |  this  Realme  in  time  cumming.  |  [Ross's 
small  device.] 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  |  lohne  Ros.  M.D.LXXV.  ]  Cum 
Priuilegio  Regal i.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — F4,  the  first  three  leaves  of  each  sheet 
being  signed  B.j.,  B.ij.,  B.iij.,  and  the  fourth  leaf  unsigned.  A  i 
Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank;  Aij — F  4a,  Fol.  iij-xxiiij  (Fol. 
iij  is  on  Aiij),  The  Actis  ;  F  \^  (foot  of  page)-F4^  The  Tabill,  with 
the  following  colophon  at  foot  of  last  page: — "Imprentit  at  Edin- 
burgh be  lohne  Ros.  |  M.D.LXXV.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  |  " 

The  session  contains  41  acts:  in  the  fourth  is  the  Confession  of 
Faith  at  large,  consisting  of  26  chapters  or  articles  ;  and,  at  the  end 
of  them,  "  Thir  Actis  and  Artickles  ar  red  in  the  face  of  Parliament, 
and  ratifyit  be  the  thre  Estatis.  At  Edinburgh  the  17.  day  of 
August,  the  3eir  of  God.  1560.  ';eiris."  Chapter  xl.  is  entitled — 
"  Anent  the  prenting  of  the  Actis,  maid  in  this  present  Parliament," 
&c.  At  the  end  of  these  Acts — "  Extractum  de  libro  Actorum 
Parliamenti  Per  me  .  .  .  sub  meis  signo  &  subscriptione  Manualibus. 
Jacobus  makgill." 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  509.  f.  19.  (i.), 
and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'   Library,   Edinburgh. 

1575  In   The   Parlia-  |  meat    Of  The    Richt   Excellent,  |  richt   heich, 

139.  and  michtie  Prince,  lames  the  sext,  be  |  the  grace  of  God  King  of 
Scottis,  our  Soue-  |  rane  Lord,  begune  at  Striuiling,  the  xxviij.  day 
of  i  August,  the  -^eir  of  God  ane  thousand  fine  hundreth  |  thre  scoir 
and  elleuin  jeiris,  and  in  the  Fyft  jeir  of  his  |  hienes  Regne.  Be 
his  Maiesteis  derrest  Gudschir  vm-  |  quhile  Mathew  Erie  of  Lennox, 
Lord  Dernelie.  &c.  ]  Regent  to  his  hienes,  his  Realme,  and  liegis  : 
and  thre  I  Estatis  of  this  Realme.     And  endit,  and  concludit  |  vpon 


John  Rosss   Works.  337 

the  seuint  day  of  September  nixt  thairefter  |  following,  be  vmquhile 
Johne  Erie  of  Mar.  (  Lord  Erskin.  &c.  being  Regent  to  his  hie-  | 
nes,  his  said  Realme  and  liegis  for  the  |  time :  and  the  said  thre 
Estatis.  The  |  Actis  and  Constitutiounis  fol-  |  lowing  war  concludit 
to  I  be  obseruit  as  Lawis  |  in  tymc  cumming.  |  [Ross's  small  device.] 

Imprentit    at    Edinburgh   be    me  |  lohne    Ros.      M.D.LXXV.  | 
Cum   Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — D4,  the  first  three  leaves  of  each  sheet 
being  signed  B.j.,  B.ij.,  B.iij.,  and  the  fourth  leaf  unsigned.  The 
following  is  the  collation  : — A  1  Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank  ; 
A.ij. — B.ij^,  Folios  iij-vj  (folio  iij  on  A.iij.),  the  acts  in  thirteen 
chapters,  authenticated  at  the  end,  and  signed  "Jacobus  makgill "  ; 
Bij''  is  blank;  Biij — Dj,  Folios  viij-xiij  (folio  viij  on  B  4),  "  In  The 
Parliament  |  Haldin  At  Edinbvrgh  The  xxvi.  Day  Of  |  lanuar  the 
jeir  of  God  ane  thousand,  fyue  hundreth,  thre  scoir  twelf  cjeir-  |  is. 
Thir  Lawis,  statutes  and  Costitutiounis,  ar  deuysit,  concludit, 
statute,  I  and  ordanit  be  the  richt  hie.  Excellent,  and  Michtie 
Prince,  and  our  ,  So-  |  uerane  Lord,  lames  the  sext,  be  the  grace 
of  God,  King  of  |  Scottis  :  with  auise,  and  consent  of  ane  Nobill, 
and  Mich-  |  tie  Lord,  and  his  richt  traist  Cousing,  lames  Erie  of 
Mor-  I  toun,  Lord  Dalkeith.  &c.  Regent  to  his  Maiestie,  his  | 
Realme,  and  liegis  :  and  thre  Estatis  of  this  Realme,  |  Assemblit 
and  conuenit  to  that  effect.  Of  the  |  quhilkis  Lawis  and  Con- 
stitutiounis I  the  Tennouris  followis.  1  "  These  consist  of  twelve 
chapters,  authenticated  as  before.  Dij — D  4^  Folios  xv-xvj  (folio 
XV  on  Diij),  "  In  The  Parliament  |  Haldin  At  Halyrvidhovs  The 
Last  Day  ]  of  Aprill,  the  jeir  of  God  ane  thousand,  fiue  hundreth, 
thre  scoir  thret-  |  tene  ■jeiris.  Thir  Lawis,  Statutis,  and  Constitu- 
tiounis ar  deuisit,  conclu-  |  dit,  statute,  and  ordanit  be  the  richt  hie, 
excellent  and  Michtie  Prince  |  our  Souerane  Lord,  lames  the  Sext, 

T  T 


33?  John  Rosss   Works. 

be  the  grace  of  God  |  King  of  Scottis,  with  auise  and  consent  of 
ane  No-  |  bil  and  Michtie  Lord,  and  his  richt  traist  Cousing  lames  | 
Erie  of  Mortoun,  Lord  Dalkeith.  &c.  Regent  to  his  |  Maiestie,  his 
Realme  and  subiectis,  And  thre  E-  |  statis  of  this  Realme  assemblit 
and  conue-  |  nit  to  that  effect.  Of  the  quhilkis  |  Lawis  and  Con- 
stitutiounis  the  |  Tennouris  followis.  |  "  These  are  seven  in  number, 
authenticated  as  before.      D  4''  The  Tabill. 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  509.  f.  19.  (2.), 
and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'   Library,   Edinburgh. 

1575  The  act  and  Proclamatioun  anent  the  vniuersall  |  course  of  the 

140.  new  markit  money.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  black-letter ;  the  heading  of  largest 
size.  At  foot  is— "lAMES  REGENT.  [  At  Halyruidhous  the 
last  day  of  May.  M.D.LXXV.  |  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  me 
lohne  Ros.  |  Cvm  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Copies  are  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London, 
and  in  the  collection  of  the  Earl  of  Crawford  and  Balcarres. 

1578  Ane    I    Copendious    [buik]    |    of    godlie    Psalmes    and    spirit[uall 

141.  Sangis]  I  collectit  furthe  of  sindrie  pa[rtis  of  the]  |  Scripture,  with 
diueris  vthe[ris  Ballat-]  |  tis  changeit  out  of  prophan[e  Sangis]  |  in 
godlie  sangis,  for  auoy[ding  of]  |  sin  and  harlatrie.  With  [aug-]  | 
mentation  of  sindrie  g[ude]  |  and  godlie  Ballati[s]  |  not  contenit  in 
th[e]  I  first  editioun.  | 

C  Imprenti[t  at]  |  Edinburgh  be  lohne  [Ros]  |  for  Henrie  Char- 
ter[is.]  I  M.D.LXXVII[I.]  |  ^  Cum  priuilegio  R[egali.]  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures,  8  11. -I- A — N^.  Four  leaves  of  each  sheet  are  signed, 
and  four  unsigned.  Collation: — 1=^  Title;  i'^  Almanack  ;  2 — 7,  pp. 
[12],  Calendar;  8,  pp.  [2],  The  Lamentatioun  of  a  Sinner;  Aj — N  5, 
pp.   2-202  (p.   2  is  on  Aj''),   Godly  Psalms  ;    N  6 — 8,  pp.  4,  Tabill. 


John  Ross's   Works.  339 

In  the  copy  examined,  the  only  one  known,  the  titlepage  is  mutilated, 
and  the  second,  fifth,  and  last  leaves  are  wanting. 

It  is  evident  from  the  above  title  that  this  was  not  the  first 
edition,  though  it  is  certainly  the  earliest  known.  It  was  reprinted 
at  Edinburgh  in  1868,  with  a  preface  by  Dr.  David  Laing.  The 
original  formerly  belonged  to  Sir  James  Mackenzie,  and  was  sold  in 
1746.  It  was  probably  bought  by  John  Maule,  one  of  the  Barons 
of  E.xchequer,  as  it  has  his  autograph  and  book-plate.  His  books 
were  sold  by  auction  in  1782  ;  but  the  volume  was  lost  sight  of  until 
picked  up  by  Thomas  Jolley.  At  the  sale  of  Jolley's  library  it  was 
bought  by  Mr.  W.    H.   Miller,  and  is  now  at  Britwell. 

1578  C  The  seuin  Seages  |  Translatit  out  of  prois  in   Scottis   meter 

142.  be  I  lohne  Rolland  in  Dalkeith,  with  [  ane  Moralitie  efter  euerie 
Doctouris  Tale,  and  |  siclike  efter  the  Emprice  Tale,  togidder  with  | 
ane  louing  and  laude  to  euerie  Doctour  efter  |  his  awin  Tale,  &  ane 
Exclamation  and  |  outcrying  vpon  the  Empreouris  wife  |  efter  hir 
fals  contrusit  Tale.  |  [Ross's  large  Device.] 

^>^  Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  lohne  ]  Ros,  for  Henrie 
Charteris.   M.D.LXXVIII.  |  Cvm  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — X^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  Aij — iiij'', 
pp.  [5],  Prologue,  of  17  nine-line  stanzas,  printed  in  small  roman 
characters  ;  Aiiij*^  To  the  Reidar,  in  30  lines  ;  A  5 — X  7s  pp.  2-335 
(p.  2  is  on  A  5^),  the  Poem,  33  lines  to  a  page,  ending  "^  Quod 
Rolland  in  Dalkeith.  |  -^J^  Et  sic  est  finis  |  Laus  detur  &  gloria  | 
trinis.  |  "  X  7^  is  blank.  X  8  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank 
leaf. 

Rolland's  "  Seuin  Seages"  was  reprinted  in  1837  for  the  members 
of  the  Bannatyne  Club,  at  the  expense  of  Lord  Ivory,  edited  by 
Dr.   David  Laing. 


340  John  Rosss  Works. 

The  only  copy  of  the  original  edition  known  to  exist  is  in  the 
library  of  Mr.  Christie-Miller  at  Britwell.  It  is  of  this  same  edition 
that  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  July,  1580,  Ross  had  two  hundred 
copies,  unbound,  which  were  valued  at  3s.  4d.  each  copy.  The  sole 
survivor  of  this  large  stock  has  had  an  eventful  history.  "In  1805, 
at  the  sale  of  Ritson's  books  (who  probably  picked  it  up  for  a  trifle 
during  one  of  his  visits  to  Edinburgh),  it  was  purchased  for  the 
Duke  of  Roxburgh  at  ^30  los.  At  the  sale  of  the  Duke's  library 
in  1813  it  was  bought  by  Mr.  Constable  for  ;^37  5s.  6d.  It  after- 
wards came  into  Mr.  Heber's  possession,  at  whose  sale  in  1834  it 
was  bought  by  Mr.  Thorpe  for  £2^."  From  Mr.  Thorpe  it  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Miller,  and  is  now  at  Britwell. 

1579  €1  Heir  beginnis  |  ane   Treatise  callit  the   Palice  |  of   Honovr, 

143.    Compylit  I  be     M.     Gawine  |   Dowglas  |   Bischop    of  |   Dunkeld.  | 

[Small  device  of  John  Ross,  with  initials  I.  R.,  one  at  each  side.] 

■^>^  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  lohne  Ros,  |  for  Henrie 
Charteris.     Anno.    1579.  |  Cvm  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords  (on  verso 
only),  and  signatures  A — K^,  all  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  being 
signed.  Collation: — A  i»  Title,  within  a  border;  A  i*^  To  the 
Reidar,  in  14  lines;  Aij — 4="  The  Prologue,  in  14  nine-line  stanzas, 
printed  in  roman  type;  A  4^  is  blank;  Bj — K  4^  pp.  2-71  (p.  2  is 
on  Bj'^),  The  Palice  of  Honour  ;  K  4^  Ross's  large  device,  surrounded 
by  ornaments.  The  Poem  is  in  three  parts — the.  first  has  71,  the 
second  ^"j,  and  the  third  95,  nine-line  stanzas.  Then — "The  author 
directis  his  bulk  to  the  Richt  nobill  and  Illuster  Prince  James  the 
Feird,  King  of  Scottis,"  in  three  similar  stanzas.  At  end — "  Finis  | 
Vincit  tandem  Veritas." 

That  this  is  not  the  earliest  edition  of  "  The  Palice  of  Honour," 
printed  in  Scotland,  is  evident  from  the  address  to  the   reader : — 


John  Ross's   Works.  341 

"  Ouhen  we  had  sene  and  considderit  the  divers  impressions  befoir 
imprented  of  this  notabill  work  to  have  bene  altogedder  faulty  and 
corrupt,  not  onlie  that  quhilk  hes  bene  imprented  at  London,  but 
also  the  copyis  set  furth  of  auld  amangist  ourselfis.  We  have  thocht 
good  to  take  some  paines  and  travellis  to  have  the  samin  mair  coni- 
modiouslie  and  correctlie  set  furth,  to  the  intent  that  the  benevolent 
Reidar  may  have  the  mair  delight  and  the  mair  frute  in  perusing 
this  pleasand  and  delectable  werk."  For  a  notice  of  fragments  of 
an  earlier  Scottish  edition  see  pp.  133-135.  An  edition  was  printed 
at  London,  by  William  Copland,   in   1553. 

Ross,  the  printer  of  the  edition  of  1579,  had  280  copies  of  the 
work  in  stock  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  were  priced  at  15s.  a 
dozen.  Of  this  large  number,  only  two  copies  are  known  to  exist  at 
the  present  time — one  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
and  the  other  in  the  library  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

"The  Palice  of  Honour"  was  reprinted  in  facsimile  in  1827  for 
the  members  of  the  Bannatyne  Club,  at  the  expense  of  J.  G. 
Kinnear,   Esq. 

1579  In  I  The    Parliament  |  Haldin    At    Striviling   the    xxv.  |  day  of 

144.  lulij,  the  jeir  of  God,  ane  thousand,  fyue  hundreth,  ]  thre  scoir  and 
auchtene  jeiris.  Thir  Lawis,  statutis,  |  and  Constitutiounis  ar 
deuysit,  ordanit,  and  con-  |  cludit  be  the  richt  Excellent,  richt 
heich,  I  and  michtie  Prince  lames  the  Sext,  |  be  the  grace  of  God 
King  of  I  Scottis,  and  thre  E-  |  statis  of  this  Realme,  |  as  followis.  | 
[Ross's  large  device.] 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  ]  be  Johne  Ros.  Anno  Do.  1579.  | 
^>^  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  (recto  only),  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — F-t  G^  H^,  three  leaves  of  each  sheet  of  fours 
being  signed,  and  one  unsigned.      Collation  : — A  i   Title,  within  a 


342  John  Ross  s   IForl-s. 

border,  verso  blank;  Aij — Bj^  the  session,  in  eight  acts;  Bj"^  is  blank. 
Then  follows,  on  Bij — Fiij,  "  In  |  The  Parliament  |  Haldin  And 
Begvn  At  Edinbvrgh  The  |  xx.  day  of  October,  the  ^eir  of  God, 
ane  thousand,  fyue  hundreth,  ]  thre  scoir  and  nyntene  ^eiris.  Thir 
Lawis,  statutis,  and  Consti-  |  tutiounis  ar  deuysit,  ordanit,  and 
concludit  be  the  richt  Ex-  ]  cellent,  richt  heich,  and  michtie 
Prince  lames  the  |  Sext,  be  the  grace  of  God  King  of  Scottis,  | 
and  thre  Estatis  of  this  Realme,  as  followis.  |  "  In  this  session 
there  are  thirty-four  acts ;  at  the  end  thereof  "  Extract  furth 
of  the  buikis  of  our  Soue-  |  rane  Lordls  Parliament  at  com- 
mand of  I  his  hienes  with  auise  of  his  preuie  coun-  |  sail,  be  me 
Alexander  Hay  Clerk  of  |  the  Rollis,  Register,  and  Counsall  |  vnder 
my  Signe  and  sub-  |  scriptioun  manuall.  |  Alexander  hay."  F  4 — 
G  2=*  a  table  of  both  parliaments,  as  also  the  titles  of  "  Actis  and 
materis  past  in  the  same  Parliament  being  Temporall  for  short  space, 
or  concerning  particular  parteis  not  Imprentit."  G  2''  is  blank.  Hj, 
pp.  [2],  "Ane  Proclamatioun  for  publischeing  |  of  the  Actis  of  Par- 
liament. I  [End]  Geuin  |  vnder  our  Signet  At  Halyruidhous  |  the 
xxiij.  day  of  Januar,  and  of  |  our  Regne  the  threttene  jeir.  |  1579.  | 
Per  Actum  secreti  Consilii.  |  "  H  2^  Ross's  large  device,  with 
colophon  exactly  as  on  the  titlepage,  within  a  border,  the  verso  of 
the  leaf  being  blank. 

Two  copies  are  preserved  in  the  British  Museum — pressmarks, 
509.  g.  19.  (2.),  and  509.  g.  20.  A  third  copy  is  in  the  library  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates,   Edinburgh. 

1579  Ad  I  Virvlentvm  |  Archibaldi    Hamiltonii  |  Apostatce    Dialogvm, 

145.    De  Con-  j  fusione  Caluiniana;  sector  apud  Scotos,  impie  |  conscriptum 

orthodoxa  responsio.  |  If  Thoma  Smetonio  Scoto  |  Avctore.  ]  In  qua 

Celebris  ilia  qua;stio  de  Ecclesia,  de  vniuersalitate,  sue-  |  cessione,  & 

Romani  Episcopi  primatu  breuiter,  dilu-  1  cide,  &  accurate  tractatur.  | 


John  Rosss  Works.  343 

IT  Adiecta  est  vera  historia  extrema;  vita;  &  obitus  |  eximij  viri  loan. 
Knoxij  Ecclesise  Scoti-  |  cana;  iiistauratoris  fidelissimi.  |  [Small 
device  of  John  Ross.] 

HEdinbvrgi,  |  Apud  lohannem  Rosseum  |  Pro  Henrico  Charteris. 
Anno  Do.  1579.  [  H  Cvm  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords  on  verso, 
and  signatures  1l4  A — P4  O^.  Collation  :— If  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  Hij, 
pp.  [2],  Dedication  ;  Hiij — iiij,  pp.  [4],  Christiano  Lectori  ;  A  i  (in 
mistake  marked  ij) — Pi,  pp.  1-114,  Responsio  ;  Pij — Q  2»,  pp.  115- 
123,  I.  Knoxii  Obitus  Historia;  O  2^,  p.  [124],  Errata. 

The  work  is  dedicated  to  King  James  VI.,  and  dated  "  GlasgUcC 
Calen.  Maij.  1579."  Although  Ross  had  a  fair  stock  of  ordinary  types, 
he  possessed  no  Greek  or  Hebrew  characters.  In  the  book  under 
consideration,  words  in  these  languages  are  filled  in  by  the  pen  on 
pp.  3,  5,  10,  13,  15,  18,  19,  &c. 

Thomas  Smeton,  the  author  of  this  work,  was  born  at  Cask, 
near  Perth,  in  the  year  1536.  He  studied  at  St.  Salvator's  College, 
St.  Andrews,  and  was  afterwards  appointed  one  of  the  Regents  of 
that  College.  He  adhered  to  the  Roman  Catholic  faith  at  the  time 
of  the  reformation,  but  ultimately  became  a  Protestant.  For  several 
years  he  was  employed  as  a  schoolmaster  at  Colchester,  and  in  1577 
he  became  minister  at  Paisley.  The  above  described  work  was 
written,  at  the  request  of  Andrew  Melville,  in  reply  to  Archibald 
Hamilton's  treatise,  entitled  "  De  Confusione  Calvinianze  Sectae  apud 
Scotos  Ecclesis  nomen  ridicule  usurpantis,  Dialogus.  Parisiis,  1577," 
small  octavo.  Hamilton  replied  to  Smeton  in  another  work,  "  Cal- 
vinianee  Confusionis  Demonstratio,  contra  maledicam  ministrorum 
Scotise  responsionem.  Parisiis,  1581,"  small  octavo.  In  1580 
Smeton  succeeded  his  friend  Melville  as  Principal  of  Glasgow 
University,  but  did  not  enjoy  his  preferment  for  very  long,  having 
died  in   1583,  aged  forty-seven  years. 


344  John  Ross's   Works. 

There  are  two  copies  of  Smeton's  "Responsio"  in  the  British 
Museum — pressmarks,  1019.  g.  3.,  and  G.  20176 — and  a  copy  in  each 
of  the  following  libraries,  viz. : — Bodleian,  Advocates',  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  and  Universities  of  St.  Andrews  and  Aberdeen. 

1579  De  I  lure  Regni  |  Apud  Scotos,  Dialo-  |  gus,  Authore  Geor-  |  gio 

146.  Buchanano  |  Scoto.  |  Anno  Do.  1579.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and  sig- 
natures A — O^,  all  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  being  signed.  Collation — 
A  I  Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  by 
Buchanan  to  James  VI.,  dated  "  Sterlini,  10  Jan.,  1579  "  ;  A  3 — O  3, 
pp.  1-104,  the  Dialogue;  O4  Errata,  verso  blank.  Without  either 
place  or  printer's  name,  but  without  doubt  printed  at  Edinburgh  by 
John   Ross. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
Edinburgh. 

Herbert  (p.  1500)  mentions  an  edition,  with  the  imprint  "  Edin- 
burgi  apud  Joan.  Roseum  pro  H.  Charteris,"  and  dated  1579  ;  but 
this  we  have  not  yet  seen.  The  same  writer  adds  to  his  note  "again 
1580  &  1 58 1."  The  Scottish  edition  or  issue  of  1580  we  shall 
presently  describe,  but,  so  far  as  we  are  aware,  there  was  no  edition 
printed  in  Scotland  bearing  the  date  1581.  There  were  editions 
styled  "secunda"  and  "tertia,"  and  dated  respectively  1580  and 
1581,  but  these  were  "■Ad  Exemplar  J.  Rossei,  Edinburgi,"  and 
were  probably  printed  in   London. 

1580  De  I  Ivre  Regni  |  Apud  Scotos,   Dialogus,  |  Authore  Georgio  | 

147.  Buchanano  |  Scoto.  |  Anno  Domini.  |  1580.  | 

Quarto,  title  within  a  border.  This  is  really  the  1579  edition 
with  a  new  titlepage.  The  errata  are  the  same  in  both  editions,  and 
all  the  bad  letters  and  faults  in  the  typography  appear  in  both  issues. 


John  Ross's   Wot/cs.  345 

Copies  bearing  the  date  1580  are  in  the  British  Museum- 
pressmark,  8142.  b.— the  Bodleian,  and  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty 
of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1580  The  Kingis  Maie-  |  steis  Proclamatioun  togidder  with  |  certane 

148.  Actis  of  Parliament  maid  anent  the  |  aduersaris  of  Christis  Euangell.  [ 
Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  signatures 
A4  B4.  The  first  leaf  is  blank,  except  the  signature  Aj.  Aij — iij, 
pp.  [4],  the  Proclamation;  Aiiij — B  3,  pp.  [8],  "Anent  the  Messe 
abolischit."  Colophon  on  B  2,^ — "If  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be 
lohne  Ros.  |  Anno  Do.  1580.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  |  "  B  4  is 
wanting,   but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

There  are  copies  in  the  libraries  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
and  Lambeth  Palace. 

1580  The  Promine,  |  Contening  the  maner,  |  place,  and  time,  of  the 

149-    maist  Illuster  King  James  |  the  sext  his  first  passing  to  the  feildis  : 

directit   |  to    his    hienes :     Be    P.    H.    familiar   ser-   |  uitour   to    his 

Maiestie.  |  [Large  device  of  John  Ross.] 

C  Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  lohne  Ros,  for  Henrie  Charteris. 
1580.  1  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

This  is  a  quarto  tract  of  four  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter, 
except  "  Lenvoy,"  which  is  in  roman  characters.  The  tract  is 
without  pagination,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  on  the 
second,  third  and  fourth  leaves — A\],  Aiij,  Aiiij.  Aj  Title;  i'' — 4^ 
pp.  [7],  The  Promine. 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  interesting  tract  was  formerly  in 
the  possession  of  Mr.  West,  and  was  sold  in  the  year  1773.  It 
afterwards  became  the  property  of  Francis  Douce,  and  is  now  in 
the  Bodleian — pressmark,   Douce  H.   260. 

u  u 


346  JoJin  Ross's   JVoi'ks. 

"The  author  of  this  poem  was  Sir  Patrick  Hume  of  Polwart, 
the  antagonist  of  Montgomery,  in  the  well-known  Flytings,  which 
they  are  said  to  have  carried  on   '  in  friendly  emulation.'      Among 
'  The  names  of  the  xxv.  gentlemen  pensioneris  appointit  to  attend 
on  the  Kingis  Majestic  at  all  tymes  of  his  ryding  and  passing  to  the 
feildis,'  xvij.  of  Maij.  1580,  we  find  our  author  mentioned  as  'The 
young  Laird  of  Polwart.'     We  are  told  that  he  was  in  great  favour 
with  King  James  VI.,  who  appointed  him  Master  of  his  Household, 
1591  ;  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  his  bed-chamber;   and  Warden  of 
the  Marches.      This  last  office  was  suppressed  upon  the  Union  of 
the  Crowns   in    1603.      He   died    15th   June,    1609.      His  brother, 
Alexander   Hume,    Minister  of  Logie,    is  known  as   the  author  of 
some  beautiful  descriptive  poems  contained  in  a  volume  which  nearly 
rivals  the  present  tract  in  rarity." 

The  "  Promine  "  was  reprinted  by  Dr.  Laing  in  "Select  Remains 
of  the  Ancient  Popular  Poetry  of  Scotland,"  from  which  we  have 
just  quoted  some  of  his  editorial  remarks. 

1580  Ane  I  breif  descriptioun  |  of  the  qualiteis,  and  ef-  |  fectis  of  the 

150.    well  of  I  the  woman-hill  |  besydeAbir-  |  dene,  |  Anno  Domini  1580.  | 

This  is  a  quarto  tract  of  four  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with 
the  exception  of  one  line  of  the  title,  which  is  in  black-letter.  There 
is  no  paging,  but  catchwords  occur  on  the  verso  of  two  leaves,  and 
the  second,  third  and  fourth  leaves  are  signed  A. 2.,  A.3.,  A.4.  The 
tide  (verso  blank)  is  surrounded  by  a  florid  border,  giving  7x4^  in. 
as  its  outside  measurement.  A  narrower  border  encloses  the  six 
pages  of  text.  No  printer's  name  appears  on  the  tract,  but  the  types 
and  ornaments  are  those  used  by  John  Ross. 

It  was  reprinted,  but  not  in  facsimile,  for  the  Bannatyne  Club  in 
i860,  and  was  reproduced  by  photo-lithography  in  1884,  with  an 
introduction,  published  by  Messrs.  Edmonds  and  Spark,  Aberdeen. 


John  Rosss   Works.  347 

This  is  the  earliest  known  topographical  tract  connected  with 
Scotland.  The  authorship  has  been  attributed,  but  without  sufficient 
proof,  to  Dr.  Gilbert  Skeyne,  the  writer  of  the  tract  on  the  Pest, 
printed  by  Lekpreuik  in   1568  (see  pp.   236-238). 

The  only  copy  we  have  met  with  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty 
of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

HENRY    CHARTERIS. 

'  I  ^HERE  is  perhaps  no  Scottish  printer  whose  name  is  more 
honoured  by  those  who  love  the  vernacular  poetry  of  the 
country  than  that  of  the  worthy  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  Henry 
Charteris.  It  was  through  his  enterprise  that  several  of  the  works 
of  our  old  writers  first  appeared  in  print ;  and,  but  for  the  editions 
issued  at  his  expense,  our  knowledge  of  these  early  Scottish  poets 
would  be  very  limited. 

Charteris  is  first  known  to  us  as  a  bookseller,  or  publisher,  and 
his  career  in  that  line  of  business  appears  to  have  been  both  long 
and  successful.  The  earliest  publication  on  which  his  name  occurs 
is  an  edition  of  Sir  David  Lyndsay's  works,  which  was  "  NewHe 
Imprentit  be  lohne  Scot,  at  the  expensis  of  Henrie  Charteris  :  and 
ar  to  be  sauld  in  his  Buith,  on  the  north  syde  of  the  gait  abone  the 
Throne.  .  .  .  Anno.  Do.  m.d.lxviii."  (p.  177.)  To  this  edition  of 
Lyndsay,  Charteris  prefixed  a  preface,  and  a  "  Poetical  Adhortatioun 
of  all  Estaits  to  the  reiding  of  thir  present  Warkis."  In  the  preface 
Charteris  claims  to  be  descended  from  the  family  of  Charteris  of 
Kinfauns,  a  well-known  Scottish  house.  He  also  tells  how  he  had 
seen  "the  pleasant  Satyre  of  the  Three  Estates  when  it  was  playit 
besyde  Edinburgh  in  1544,  and  that  he  sat  for  nine  hours  on  the 
bank  at  Greenside."     A   recent  writer  remarks  that  Charteris  had 


Henry  Charieris.  349 

then  witnessed  what  was  probably  the  last  play  acted  prior  to  the 
reformation. 

The  patronage  which  Charteris  bestowed  on  John  Scot,  the 
printer,  was  extended  to  his  contemporaries  Robert  Lekpreuik  and 
John  Ross,  as  we  have  noticed  in  the  preceding  chapters  (pp.  203, 
328).  At  the  death  of  John  Ross,  which  took  place  in  the  year 
1580,  Charteris  appears  to  have  acquired  his  plant;  and,  although 
two  books  are  described  in  the  next  chapter  as  having  been  printed 
by  Charteris  in  1577  and  1578,  yet  we  have  great  doubts  whether  he 
really  printed  himself  prior  to  1581. 

Henry  Charteris  led  an  active  and  a  useful  life — active  if  we  may 
judge  from  the  number  of  his  publications,  and  useful  to  his  fellow- 
citizens,  who  evidently  esteemed  the  worthy  bookseller  and  printer. 
He  appears  to  have  been  seven  times  elected  a  member  of  the 
Town  Council  of  Edinburgh,  viz.:  in  1574-5,  1577-8,  1578-9,  158 1-2, 
1582-3,  1585-6,  and  1589-90.  He  held  the  office  of  Baillie  in  1577-8, 
1 58 1 -2,  and  was  First  Baillie  in  1589-90  (Edinburgh  Council  Records). 
In  1589  he  was  "one  of  thirteen  Commissioners  api:)ointed  by  the 
Convention  to  meet  weekly  to  consult  as  to  the  defence  of  the 
reformed  religion." 

The  old  struggle  for  maintaining  trading  privileges  again  came 
to  the  front  during  the  career  of  Henry  Charteris.  He  may  have 
conjoined  the  bookbinder's  craft  to  his  other  occupations,  but  in  any 
case  he  appeared  before  the  Town  Council  of  the  City  of  Edinburgh, 
in  company  with  a  bookbinder  of  the  name  of  John  Gibson,  and  they 
sued  for  protection — the  printer,  Thomas  Vautrollier,  and  his  servant, 
John  Cowper,  being  the  aggressors. 

On  the  4th  April,  1582,  "Jhonn  Moresoun,  baillie,  Jhonn  Har- 
wod,  dene  of  gild,  Jhonn  Robertsoun  thesaurer  [and  the  council] 
anent  the  supplicatioun  gevin  in  before  thame  be  Henry  Charteris, 
baillie,  Jhonn  Gibsoun,  buikbinder,  for  thame  selffis  and  in  name  of 


350  Hemy  Chartci'is. 

the  remanend  nychtbouris  burgesses  and  fremen  of  the  burgh, 
leivand  be  the  trafficque  of  selling  and  binding  of  buikis,  vpoun 
Mr.  Jhonn  Cowper,  seruand  to  Thomas  Vantrollier,  prenter  and 
straynger,  makand  mentioun  that  quhair  it  is  nocht  only  provydet 
be  ancient  lawes,  customes,  and  priuelegeis  maid  in  favouris  of 
burgesses  and  fremen  of  burrowes,  and  for  vphalding  of  thair  estaitt, 
but  als  be  speciall  actis  and  statutes  of  this  burgh,  with  continuall 
possessioun  followand  thairvpoun,  that  na  strayngeris  or  vnfremen 
may  top  or  sell  in  smallis  within  the  fredome  of  the  burgh  ony  kynd 
of  merchandice  or  wairis,  vther  wayes  it  wer  nocht  possibill  to  frie 
burgessis  to  leif  and  ber  chairges  with  the  burgh,  and  better  it  wer 
to  be  vnfrie  than  frie,  for  gritter  is  thair  skayth  and  gritter  is  the 
vnfremenis  commodity  than  vtheris  :  And  it  is  of  verity  that  Thomas 
Vatrollier,  prenter,  beand  ane  straynger  and  vnfrieman,  hes  thir 
dyuers  yeiris  bygane,  be  him  selff  and  his  seruandis,  and  speciallie 
be  the  said  maister  Jhonn  quha  is  lykewayes  ane  vnfreman,  toppit 
and  sauld  within  this  burgh  all  maner  of  buikis  in  smallis,  and 
lykwayes  bindis  the  sam  contrair  to  the  priuelegeis  of  the  burgh, 
and  to  our  intollerabill  damnage,  quha  hes  na  vther  tred  quhairby 
we  and  our  famelies  are  sustenit,  he  bering  na  charges  whateuir,  and 
we  watcheing  wairding  and  extenting  at  all  tymes,  as  at  lenth  is 
contenit  in  the  said  supplicatioun, — the  said  Henry  Charteris  and 
Jhonn  Gibsoun  on  the  ane  pairt,  and  the  said  maister  Jhonn  Cowper 
on  the  vther  pairt,  comperand  personally  in  jugement  thair  ressonis 
and  allegatiounis  hard  and  vnderstand, — the  saidis  baillies,  dene  of 
gild,  thesaurer,  and  counsall  decernis  and  ordanis  the  said  maister 
Jhonn  Cowper  to  desist  and  ceis  fra  all  topping  and  selling  in  smallis 
of  ony  maner  of  buikis  in  tymcs  cuming  within  this  burgh  and 
fredome  thairof,  becaus  the  said  maister  Jhonn  culd  shaw  na  resson- 
abill  caus  in  the  contrair  (Edinburgh  Council  Records,  Vol.  vi.,  fol. 
182,  183). 


Henry  Charteris. 


351 


Henry  Charteris  died  on  the  29th  August,  1599,  as  appears  from 
his  will  and  the  inventory  of  his  goods.  He  left  the  printing  and 
bookselling  business  to  his  eldest  son,  Henry,  who  was  one  of  the 
Regents,  and  afterwards  Principal  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh  ; 
but,  if  he  declined  to  carry  on  the  work,  the  executors  were  instructed 
to  offer  it  to  Robert  Charteris,  another  son  of  the  deceased. 

Young  Henry  Charteris  seems  not  to  have  accepted  his  father's 
legacy,  and,  accordingly,  the  business  was  transferred  to  his  brother, 
who  printed  in  Edinburgh  until  his  death  in  16 10. 


RELTGIO. 


Charteris  continued  to  make  use  of  John  Ross's  device  after  the 
death  of  the  latter  in  1580,  but  in  addition  he  employed  a  design 
emblematical  of  Justice  and  Religion,  with  his  initials,  one  letter  on 
each  side.  This  device  is  frequently  found  on  the  books  printed  by 
his  son  and  successor,  who  did  not  even  change  the  first  initial  to 
that  of  his  own  name. 

Henry  Charteris's  inventory  presents  many  features  of  great 
interest  to  the  bibliographer  and  book-lover.     "He  had  122  copies 


;52 


Henry  CharteHs. 


(Vol.    XLII.) 

Henry  Charter- 

HOUS. 

xvj°  Septembris, 
1606. 


of  Sir  William  Wallace,  the  edition  probably  of  1594;  788  copies 
of  Lyndsay's  Poems,  no  doubt  that  of  1597  ;  554  Henryson's 
Testament  of  Cresseid,  printed  in  1593  ;  and  1000  copies  of  the 
posthumous  volume  of  Rollok's  Sermons,  1599,  small  8vo.  ;  but, 
of  all  these,  the  perfect  copies  known  vary  from  one  to  three  or  four 
at  the  most.  He  had  also  twelve  copies  bound,  and  nine  unbound, 
of  The  Avowis  of  Alexander,  evidently  the  volume  from  Arbuthnot's 
press,  which  was  reprinted  for  the  Bannatyne  Club,  from  the  unique 
copy  of  the  original  in  Lord  Panmure's  library." 

The  Testament  Testamentar,  and  Inuentar 
of  the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and 
dettes  pertening  to  vmquhile  Henry  Charter- 
iious,  Prentar,  Purges  of  Edinburgh,  the  tyme 
of  his  deceis,  quha  deceist  vpoun  the  xxix  day 
of  August,  the  -^eir  of  God  I"\  V<=.  Ixxxxix  -eiris, 
faythfullie  maid  and  gevin  vp  be  Mr  Robert 
and  Johnne  Charterhousses,  sonnes  laufull  to 
the  defunct,  for  thame  selffis,  and  in  name  and 
behalf  of  Thomas  Charterhous,  absent  out  of 
the  cuntrie,  and  of  Marioun  and  Margaret 
Charterousses,  thair  lauchfull  broder  and  sis- 
teris,  Minoris.  Ouhilkis  Mr  Robert,  Johne, 
Thomas,  Marioun,  and  Margaret  Charterousses 
are  executouris  nominat  be  thair  said  vmquhile 
Fader  in  his  Lettre  Will,  vnder  writtin,  as  the 
samyn,  of  the  dait  at  Edinburgh,  the  xvj  day 
of  Aprile,  the  -^eir  of  God  I'".  V^Ixxxxviij 
■^eiris,  subscryuit  with  his  awin  hand,  mair  at 
lenth  beiris. 


Henry  Charteris.  353 

In  the  first,  the  said  vmquhile  Henrv  Charterhous  had  the 
guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and  dettis  of  the  awaill  and  prices 
efter  following,  pertening  to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceis  foirsaid, 
viz. — Item,  in  mis  buith,  the  particular  buikis  designit  efter  following. 
They  ar  to  say,  fyve  scoir  tua  Wallaces,  at  x  s.  the  pece — summa, 
Lj  li.  Item,  sevin  hundreth  Ixxxviij  Dauid  Lyndesayis  at  viij  s.  the 
pece — summa,  iij'^xv  li.  Item,  iij™lxxij  Dunbar  rudimentis,  at  ij  s. 
the  pece — summa,  iij'^vij  li.  iiij  s.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  Ivij  doubill 
Catechismes,  greit  lettir,  at  ij  s.  the  pece — summa,  Iv  li.  xiiij  s.  Item, 
xij  Awowis  of  Alexander,  bund,  at  x  s.  the  pece — summa,  vj  li. 
Item,  xl  Squyres  of  Meldrum,  at  ij  s.  the  pece — summa,  iiij  li.  Item 
nyne  vnbund  Awowis  of  Alexander,  at  vij  s.  vj  d.  the  pece — summa, 
iij  li.  vij  s.  vj  d.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  tua  doubill  Catechismes,  small 
prent,  at  j  s.  vj  d.  the  pece — summa,  xxxvij  li.  xiij  s.  Item,  four 
hundreth  xvj  doubill  Catechismes,  Waldgrauis  prent,  at  j  s.  viij  d. 
the  pece — summa,  xxxiiij  li.  xiij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  fyve  thousand  four 
hundreth  sex  singill  Catechismes,  at  ij  d.  the  pece — summa,  xl  li. 
xvij  s.  viij  d.  Item,  four  hundreth  xxxiij  Rollocus  de  Federe,  at  j  s. 
vj  d.  the  pece — summa,  xxxij  li.  ix  s.  vj  d.  Item,  iiij'^lvj  Psalmes, 
in  octauo,  fyne  prent,  at  xiij  s.  iiij  d.  the  pece — summa,  iij'^iiij  li. 
Item,  ij'^xvj  Psalmes,  in  octauo,  fyne  prent,  at  xij  s.  the  pece — summa, 
j<=xxix  li.  xij  s.  Item,  ij<=Ixiiij  Psalmes,  in  octauo,  picall  letter,  at  v  s. 
the  pece,  summa,  Ixvj  li.  Item,  ij<=lxxxv  Catechismes,  fyne  prent,  at 
ij  s.  the  pece — summa,  xxviij  li.  x  s.  Item,  ane  thousand  Rollockis 
sermones,  at  vj  s.  the  pece — summa,  iij=  li.  Item,  v'^xlv  Testamentis 
of  Cresseid,  at  iiij  d.  the  pece — summa,  ix  li.  j  s.  viij  d.  Item, 
iij^lxxxiiij  First  pairtis,  at  ij  s.  the  pece — summa,  xxxviij  li.  viij  s. 
Item,  vj<=xxiij  Secund  partis,  at  j  s.  ij  d.  the  pece — summa,  xxxvj  li. 
vj  s.  X  d.  Item,  iij'^1  Thrid  and  Fourt  partis,  at  ix  d.  the  pece — 
summa,  xiij  li.  ij  s.  vj  d.      Item,  xxvij  Catechismes  Calvini  carmine, 

v  v 


354  Henry  Charteris. 

at  iij  s.  the  pece — summa,  iiij  li.  j  s.  Item,  j'=liiij  Alphabetum 
Latinum,  at  j  s.  vj  d.  the  do.  [dozen] — summa,  xix  s.  iiij  d.  Item, 
xxij  New  Testamentis,  in  saxtene,  Romane  letter,  at  xij  s.  the  pece 
— summa,  xiij  li.  iiij  s.  Item,  xj  Pensiue  mannis  practeiss,  at  ix  s.  vj  d. 
the  pece — summa,  v  li.  iiij  s.  vj  d.  Item,  sevin  Godlie  gardeniss,  at 
X  s.  the  pece — summa,  iij  li.  x  s.  Item,  ane  Bibill,  folio,  parcio. 
price  vij  li.  Item,  Ixxiij  Distica  Catonis,  at  iij  d.  the  pece — summa, 
xviij  s.  iij  d.  Item,  ij=xvj  Dicta  Sapientum,  at  j  s.  vj  d.  the  do. — 
summa,  xxv  s.  ix  d.  Item,  ij=xxlx  Homes  Consolatiounes,  at  iij  d, 
the  pece — summa,  Ivj  s.  iij  d.  Item,  tua  Bibles,  in  quarto,  with 
filleteis,  at  v  li.  the  pece — summa,  x  li.  Item,  ane  Bible,  in  octauo, 
ouergilt,  price  iiij  li.  xiij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  four  Psalmes,  in  octauo, 
ouergilt,  at  Iiij  s.  iiij  d.  the  pece — summa,  x  li.  vj  s.  viij  d.  Item, 
xxiiij  Psalmes,  in  octauo,  in  fillettis,  at  xxix  s.  the  pece — summa, 
xxxiiij  li.  xvj  s.  Item,  sevin  Dauides,  at  xj  s.  the  pece — summa, 
iij  li.  xvij  s.  Item,  ij"iij=lxxx  Psalmes,  quhairof  iij^xx  prented  at 
Londoun,  at  iij  s.  the  pece — summa,  iij'^lvij  li.  Item,  certane  vther 
buikis  of  sindrie  soirtis,  estimat  to  ij'^xxvij  li.  Item,  certane  paiss 
brodis,  estimat  to  xx  s.  Item,  certane  printed  paperis,  estimat  to 
xviij  li.  Item,  certane  calff  skynnis,  estimat  to  xij  li.  Item,  certane 
scheipe  skynnis,  estimat  to  iiij  li.  Item,  Ixviij  rymmis  of  Scottis 
paper,  at  xxviij  s.  the  ryme — summa,  Ixxxv  li.  xiiij  s.  Item,  certane 
vther  soirtis  of  paper,  estimat  to  xxx  li.  Item,  in  auld  buikis  of 
parchment,  price  Iij  li.  Item,  in  poiss,  certane  spaces  of  gold  and 
reddy  money,  estimat  to  the  sowme  of  ij'^vij^lxxj  li.  vj  s.  vj  d.  Item, 
of  vncun^eit  gold,  four  vnce  fyve  drope  wecht,  and  xviij  granes,  at 
xxix  ii.  the  vnce — summa,  j'^xxv  li.  xix  s.  v  d.  Item,  in  vtencilis 
and  domicilis,  with  the  abuil^ementis  of  his  body,  by  the  airschipe, 
estimat  to  ij<^lxviiij  li, 

Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  V'".viij'^lxxij  li.  xij  s. 


Henry  Charteris.  255 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid — 

Item,  thair  was  awin  to  the  said  vmquhile  Henry  Charterous  be 
the  Laird  of  Elphingstoun,  j^^xx  li.  Item,  be  the  Lady  Elphingstoun, 
eldar,  Ixxxiij  li.  Item,  be  Jonet  Ramsay,  relict  of  vmquhile  Johnne 
Schankis,  Ixxv  li.  Item,  be  vmquhile  Mr  Alexander  Thomsoun,  his 
airis,  executouris,  and  intromittouris  with  his  guidis  and  geir,  Ix  li. 
Item,  be  Mr  Dauid  Name,  xxj  li.  xj  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  be  Richard 
Watkyns,  stationer  in  Londoun,  ten  pundis  sterling  money,  extending 
in  Scottis  money  to  j=  li.  Item,  be  James  Rannald,  Ixxxij  li.  Item, 
be  George  Crystie,  xvij  li.  Item,  be  Johnne  Clavie,  viij  li.  xvj  s. 
viij  d.  Item,  be  James  Logane,  Ix  li.  Item,  be  Mr  Dauid  Barclay, 
Iiij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  be  Mr  Henry  Charterous,  sone  to  the  defunct, 
iiij=  li.  Item,  be  James  Johnestoun,  xiij  li.  xv  s.  viij  d.  Item,  be 
the  Laird  of  Litilldane,  ij'^iij  li.  vj  s.  viij  d.  Item,  be  Mr  Dauid 
Home,  xj  li.  ix  s.  Item,  be  Johnne  Charterous,  xiiij  li.  Item,  be 
Robert  Hay,  j'^xx  li.      Item,  be  Mr  Dauid  Spens,  minister,  v  li. 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid,  J"'.iij'^lxxxxvij  li.  12s.  8d. 

Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  with  the  dettis,  Vij"\ij'=lxx  li.  4s.  8d. 

To  be  diuidit  in  thrie  pairtis,  the  Deidis  partis,  Ij'".iiij=xxiij  li. 
8  s.   ijd. 

Quhairof  the  quot  is  componit  for  x  merkis. 

Followis  the  Deidis  Legacie  and  Lettre-Will. 
Wpoun  the  xvj  day  of  Aprile,  the  jeir  of  God  I'".  V<^.  lxxxxviij° 
3eiris.  The  quhilk  day  the  said  Henry  Charterous  maid  his 
Testament  and  Lettre-Will  as  followis,  viz.  Item,  as  to  my  Legaceis, 
I  remember  that  in  the  contract  betuixt  Robert  Ker  and  me  (quhilk 
he  iniustlie  withhaldis  fra  me,  for  he  hes  bayth  our  partis),  I  wes 
obleist  to  gif  vnto  my  dochter  Katherene  ane  hundreth  pundis, 
quhilk  now  I  leif  to  my  sone  Henrie.  Togidder  with  tua  hundreth 
merkis  mair,  conditionalie  that  neither  he  nor  his  vncle  Robert,  nor 


356  Henry  Charteris. 

ony  of  Markis  childrene,  nather  5(1  ony  of  thair  laitis,  be  him  nor  be 
thame  selffis,  nor  be  ony  procuratories,  contractis,  assignatiounes,  or 
ony  vther  tytillis  quhatsumever  (for  assuritlie  gyf  ony  be  thai  ar  felss 
and  fein';eit),  pursew,  trubill,  or  molest  ony  of  my  bairness,  for  ony 
causs  quhatsumewer  that  hes  proceidit  my  deceis  ;  and  gif  thai  do  in 
ony  way  as  said  is,  in  that  caiss  that  quhilk  I  haue  left  to  him,  I  leif 
it  to  the  rest  of  my  bairnes  to  manteine  thame  in  thair  caussis  :  and, 
thairfor,  I  will  it  to  be  put  in  the  handis  of  Mr  Alexander  Guthrie, 
or  Thomas  Aikinheid,  or  sum  discreit  man,  vntill  securitie  and 
prouisioun  be  maid  for  nocht  molesting  and  trubling  of  the  rest : 
And  this  I  do  for  the  menteinyng  of  quyetnes  and  concord  amangis 
all  my  bairnes,  ffor,  as  I  sail  anssuer  to  the  greit  God,  befoir  quhome 
I  knaw  nocht  how  sone  I  salbe  callit  to  ane  accompt,  1  am  awand 
to  naine  of  thame,  bot  Robert  Ker  is  awand  to  me  money  and 
diuerss  thingis  ;  as  alsua  Mark  is  awand  to  me  diuerss  sowmes  of 
money,  as  is  contenit  in  vther  writtingis  of  mine  ;  bot  I  ressauit  sum 
paper  and  sum  small  thingis  frome  Mark  out  of  his  buith  to  ane 
compt ;  bot  my  compt  surmontis  it  far.  I  leif  to  my  sone  Robert 
ane  hundreth  merkis  for  the  chenjie  I  gaif  to  his  Moder,  with 
fourtie  pundis  for  hir  siluer  belt ;  and  he  hes  thrie  hundreth  merkis 
left  to  him  be  his  Guddame.  That  quhilk  befoir  I  left  to  my  dochter 
Elizabeth,  I  leif  it  now  to  my  sone  Thomas,  with  ane  hundreth 
merkis  malr.  That  quhilk  I  leif  to  my  dochter  Jonet,  I  leif  it  now 
to  my  dochter  Marioun,  with  ane  hundreth  merkis  main  I  leif  to 
my  sone  Johne,  ane  hundreth  pundis.  I  leif  to  ■;oung  Margaret 
Charterous,  f  li.  I  leif  to  my  Wyff,  by  hir  part,  gif  all  cummis  to 
ane  guid  compt  and  perfectioun,  tua  hundreth  merkis.  I  leif  to  the 
pure,  fyftie  pundis.  I  leif  to  Henry  Charterous,  Archibaldis  sone, 
xl  li.  ;  to  be  keipit  be  my  eldest  sone,  till  he  be  put  to  sum  craft  or 
vther  traid.  I  leif  to  Marioun  Charterous,  xx  li.,  and  remittis  the 
auld  debt  quhilk  hir  husband  Laurence  is  awand  vnto  me.     I  leif  my 


Henry  Charteris.  357 

Moderis  spousing  ring,  of  ane  vnce  wecht,  to  my  dochter  Marioun. 
Thie  rest  of  my  part  I  leif  amangis  all  my  bairnes,  quhome  all  I 
maist  humblie  craif  the  leving  God,  in  his  greit  mercie,  to  bliss  ; 
and  ernestlie  desyris  thanie,  in  the  name  of  that  greit  God,  to  leif 
in  his  feir,  and  in  mutual  lufe  and  concord  amangis  thame  selffis, 
and  dew  reuerence  toward  thair  Moder  ;  and  thairto  I  leif  thame 
alsua  my  blissing.  I  nominat  all  my  bairnes  executouris,  and  I 
nominal  doaris  for  thame,  Thomas  Aikinheid,  Johnne  Moresone, 
James  Ker,  James  Sydserff,  Mr  Alexander  Guthrie,  Mr  Johnne 
Kene,  and  James  Rannald  :  And  ordanis  thir  wryttingis  to  be  opnit 
in  thair  presens,  or  ony  four  of  tham  coniunctlie.  Gif  my  sone 
Mr  Henry  will  apply  him  to  imprenting  and  selling  of  buikis,  or  gif 
he  will  nocht,  gif  Mr  Robert  will  apply  him  thairto,  I  will  leif  him 
all  my  letteris  and  vther  thingis  pertenand  thairto  ;  and  will  requeist 
my  Wyff,  and  the  rest  of  my  bairnes,  for  thair  pairtis,  to  condiscend 
therto.  And  will  foi^der  desyre  my  bairnes  to  vse  the  aduyse  and 
counsall  of  Mr  Robert  Rolok,  and  Mr  Alexander  Guthrie,  quhome 
also  I  will  desyre  to  tak  the  panels  onlie  of  thair  counsall,  and  on 
thair  awin  ressonabill  chairgis.  I  am  ^it  awand  to  the  Session  of 
the  Kirk  xl  merkis  onlie,  bot  thair  is  alsmekill  awand  to  me.  I  leif 
to  the  biging  and  repairing  of  the  Scottis  houss,  fyve  hundreth 
merkis,  togiddir  with  the  tymber,  stanes,  and  lyme  alreddie  prouydit 
for  it.  Thir  thingis  haue  I  writtin  for  the  mair  sure  testimonie  of 
my  present  estait  and  will.  In  witness  quhairof  1  have  writtin  and 
subscriuit  thir  presentis  with  my  awin  hand  at  Edinburgh  the  xvj 
day  of  Apryle,  the  ^eir  of  God  I"\  V'^lxxxxviij  ^eiris.  Sic  sub- 
scribitur,    Henry  Charterus,  with  my  hand. 

We  Mr.  Johnne  Arthour,  &c.,  geuis  and  committis  the  intro- 
missioun  with  the  samyn  to  the  saidis  Mr  Robert,  Johnne,  Marioun, 
and  Margaret  Charterusses,    onlie  executouris  testamentaris  within 


35^  Henry  Charteris. 

the  cuntrie,  nominat  be  the  said  vmquhile  Henry  Charterus,  thair 
fader,  reseruand  compt,  &c.  ;  and  the  saidis  Mr  Robert,  Johnne,  and 
Marioun,  in  respect  of  the  said  Margaretis  minoritie  being  suorne, 
&c.,  and  Mr  Henry  Charterous,  thair  broder,  cautioun,  &c.,  as  ane 
act  beiris. 

Xvj.   Martij,   1608. — Ane  Eik  maid  to  this  Testament. 

Ouotta  gratis. 
Viz.  Item,  be  Schir  Robert  Melwill  of  Murdocairny,  Knycht, 
sumtyme  Thesaurer  Depute  to  his  Majestie,  the  sowme  of  Ixij  li. 
money,  for  the  price  of  certaine  buikis  furneist  be  the  defunct  to  his 
Majestie,  and  quhairof  the  said  Schir  Robert  tuik  allowance  in  his 
comptis,  and  geuis  and  committis  the  intromission. 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

HENRY    CHARTERIS'S    WORKS. 

T  N  the  present  chapter  we  shall  enumerate  the  different  works 
printed  by  Henry  Charteris  between  the  years  1577  and  1599. 
As  we  stated  in  the  preceding  chapter,  many  books  were  printed  at 
the  expense  of  Charteris  prior  to  the  date  when  we  believe  he 
himself  first  practised  the  art ;  but,  as  these  works  have  been  already 
described,  we  shall  only  refer  the  reader  to  pages  177,  179,  240,  248, 
334.  338.  339.  340,  342,  344.  345- 

1577  Commenta-  [  riorvm    De   Arte    Dis-  |  serendi    Libri   Ovatvor.  | 

151.  loanne  Retorforti  |  ledburgaeo  Scoto  authore.  ]  Et  nunc  demum 
ab  eodem  diligenter  reco-  |  gniti  &  emendati.  |  [Woodcut  of  female 
face,  with  cornucopia  on  each  side.] 

Edinburgi,  |  Apud  Henricum  Charteris.  |  1577.  |  Cum  Priuilegio 
Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords  on  verso 
only,  and  signatures  A — K4  A  i^  Tide,  verso  blank  ;  2 — 3,  pp.  3-6, 
Candido  Lectori  and  Latin  verses  ;  A  4 — K  3  Comment. ;  K  4  blank, 
except  same  cut  as  on  title  on  recto,  verso  blank. 

John  Rutherford,  the  author  of  this  treatise,  was  a  native  of 
Jedburgh,  who  studied  at  the  College  of  Guienne,  at  Bordeaux, 
under    Nicolaus    Gruchius.       He    was    in    succession    Professor    of 


360  Henry  Charteris  s   Works. 

Humanity  in  St.  Mary's  College,  and  Principal  of  St.  Salvator's 
College,  St.  Andrews.  His  treatise  on  the  Art  of  Reasoning 
"  contains  a  perspicuous  view  of  that  branch  of  the  Peripatetic 
philosophy  of  which  it  professes  to  treat.  He  had  caught  a  portion 
of  the  classical  spirit  of  the  age ;  and  the  simplicity  and  comparative 
purity  of  his  Latin  style  exhibit  a  striking  contrast  to  the  barbarous 
and  unintelligible  jargon  which  had  become  hereditary  in  the  tribe  of 
schoolmen  and  sophists"  (M'Crie's  "  Life  of  Melville,"  1856,  p.  363), 

Copies  of  Rutherford's  treatise  are  preserved  in  the  library  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  library  of  the 
University  of  St.  Andrews. 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  the  imprint  of  this  work  Charteris  is 
not  designated  as  the  printer,  the  phrase  "apud  Henricum  Charteris" 
being  employed.  We  consider  it  probable  that  the  book  may  have 
been  printed  in  London  by  Vautrollier,  who  had  a  woodcut  same  as 
that  on  the  titlepage,  and  who  used  the  same  term  in  the  imprint  of 
the  book  next  to  be  described. 

1578  Baptistes,  sive  Calumnia,  Tragoedia,  auctore  Georgio  Buchanano, 

152.  Scoto. 

Edinburgi,  apud  Henricum  Charteris,  1578. 

Octavo.  "  Some  copies  of  this  edition  have  a  different  titlepage, 
and  the  imprint:  Londini,  excudebat  Thomas  Vautrollerius,  1578, 
8°."  {Hazlitt's  "Handbook,"  p.  65.) 

1581  A  Shorte  |  Svmme  Of  The  Who-  |  le  Catechisme,  Wherein  |  the 

153.  Question  is  proponed  and  answered  |  in  few  wordes,  for  the  greater 
ease  |  of  the  commoune  peo-  |  pie  and  children.  |  H  Gathered  by 
M.  lohne  Craig,  |  Minister  of  Gods  Worde,  to  |  the  Kings  M.  | 
1  lohne  XVII.  |  If  This  is  Lyfe  Eternall,  to  knowe  thee  the  |  onely 
verie  God,  &  whome  thow  |  hast  sent  lesus  Christ.  | 


Henry  Charteriss   Works.  361 

Imprinted  At  Edin-  |  burgh,  by  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Anno, 
M.D.LXXXI.  I  Cum   Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch-, 
words,  and  signatures  A — ^G*^.  Collation: — A  !=>  Title;  i''  "The 
Contentes.  |  of  this  Booke.  |  "  A  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  "To  the  Pro- 
fessovres  |  of  Christis  Evangell  at  |  Newe  Abirdene  .  .  .  |  "  This 
dedication  is  dated  "At  Edenbvrgh,  xx.  |  of  Ivlie,  M.D.  |  LXXXI." 
A  4,  pp.  [2J,  To  the  Reader  ;  A  5 — F  ;=>  The  Catechism  ;  F  ']^ — G  6'» 
A  Generall  Confession  ;  G  7 — 8  blank. 

For  an  account  of  the  romantic  life  of  the  author  of  the  work  we 
have  just  described,  the  reader  is  referred  to  M'Crie's  Lives  of 
Knox  and  Melville.  "  The  Shorte  Svmme  of  the  Whole  Catechisme  " 
was  reprinted  at  London  in  1591,  and  in  1883  it  was  reproduced  in 
facsimile,  with  an  introduction  by  Mr.  Thomas  Graves  Law,  Librarian 
of  the  Signet  Library,  Edinburgh. 

A  copy  of  Charteris's  edition  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,  Edinburgh;  and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  library  of  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge — pressmark,  vi''.  4.  5  (x). 

1581  The  Forme  and  maner  of  examination  before  the  admission  to 

154.    y<=  tabill  of  y^  Lord,  vsit  be  y*^  Ministerie  of  Edinburgh.     And  geuin 

to  y^  Maisteris  of  euerie  familie  :  yat  be  ye  oft  reading  yairof,  yai 

may  be  ye   better  instructit   in    ye  groundis  &   principall  yeidis  of 

Religion. 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh.  By  Henrie  Charteris.  Anno,  M.D. 
LXXXL     Cum  Priuilegio  Regali. 

Octavo.     Black-letter.     A — C  in  eights. 

A  copy  of  this  work  was  in  Dr.  David  Laing's  Library,  No.  1205 
of  Part  L  of  the  sale  catalogue.  The  above  description  is  from 
W.   C.   Hazlitt's  "Collections,"  2nd  Series,  p.    138. 

WW 


362  Henry  Chaj'teris  s   Works. 

1582  In  1  The    Parliament  |  Haldin    and    begun    at   Edinburgh  |  The 

155.  xxiiii.  Day  Of  October,  The  |  Zeir  of  God,  ane  thousand,  fyu? 
hundreth,  four  scoir,  ane  |  Zeiris.  Thir  Lawis,  Statutis,  and  Con- 
stitutiounis,  ar  de-  |  uisit,  ordanit,  and  concludit,  be  the  richt 
Excellent,  |  richt  heich  and  Michty  Prince,  lames  the  [  Sext,  be 
the  grace  of  God,  King  of  |  Scottis  And  thrie  Esta-  |  tis  of  this 
Realme,  |  As  followis.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh,  |  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Anno,  M.D. 
LXXXII.  1  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  \ 

Folio,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — -E*  F^.  Three  leaves  of  each  sheet  are 
signed,  and  one  not  signed.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border, 
verso  blank  ;  Aij — F  3^  Fol.  iij-xxiij  (folio  3  is  on  Aiij),  the  acts,  in 
37  chapters,  "  Extract  furth  of  the  Buikis  of  our  Souerane  Lordis 
Parliament,  at  command  of  his  Preuie  Counsaill,  Be  me  Alexander 
Hay,  Clerk  of  the  Rollis,  Register,  and  Counsaill.  Vnder  my  Signe 
and  Subscriptioun  Manuall.  Alexander  hay."  F  3^ — 5^  Tabill ; 
F  '^  Colophon,  as  on  title,  within  a  border  ;  F  6  is  wanting,  but  was 
probably  blank. 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  509.  g.  19.  (3.), 
and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,   Edinburgh. 

1582  The  I  VVarkis    Of  ]  the    Famous   and    Wor-  |  thie    Knicht   Sir 

156.  Dauid  Lyndsay  of  the  |  Mont,  alias  Lyoun  King  of  Armes.  New-  | 
lie  correctit,  and  vindicate  from  the  for-  |  mer  errouris,  quhairwith 
they  war  befoir  |  corruptit :  and  augmentit  with  sin-  |  drie  Warkis, 
quhilk  was  not  be-  |  foir  Imprentit.  |  The  Contentis  of  the  Bulk, 
and  quhat  war-  |  kis  ar  augmentit,  the  nixt  syde  sail  schaw.  |  H  Viuet 
etiam  post  funera  virtus.  |  H  lob.  vii.  |  H  Militia  est  vita  hominis 
super  terram.  | 


Henry  Cliartcriss    Works.  363 

If  Imprentit  At  Edin-  |  burgh,  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Anno, 
M.D.LXXXII.  1  IF  Cvm  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords  on  verso, 
and  signatures  A — X^.  The  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet  are 
signed.  Collation: — A  i^^  Title,  within  border;  P^\^  Contentis ; 
Aij— 5  Preface;  A  6 — 8  Adhortation  and  Epistill  ;  Bi — X  8,  pp. 
2-316  (p.  2  is  on  B  ii^),  The  Works,  pp.  75,  76,  are  repeated.  A  full 
page  has  35  lines.  The  head-lines  are  in  roman  capitals — "  H  The 
First  Bvik  ]  Of  The  Monarchie."  At  foot  of  the  last  page,  num- 
bered 316,  is  Ross's  large  device. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh  ; 
and  a  second  copy,  wanting  title,  is  said  to  be  in  the  Cathedral 
Library,   Peterborough. 

Although  the  device  of  John  Ross  is  found  on  this  edition  of 
Lyndsay,  yet  it  is  doubtful  whether  he  ever  printed  the  work. 
There  is  no  allusion  to  any  copies  in  the  inventory  of  his  stock,  and 
the  practice  of  one  printer  using  the  device  of  another,  after  acquiring 
his  plant,  was  not  unusual.  One  circumstance,  however,  favours  the 
idea  of  Ross  having  printed  an  edition  of  Lyndsay  for  Charteris, 
and  to  which  new  titlepages  may  have  been  substituted  in  the  copies 
we  have  described.  In  the  Bodleian  Library  there  is  a  third  copy, 
which  hitherto  has  been  described  as  an  additional  example  of  the 
edition  by  Charteris  of  1582.  On  examination  it  was  discovered  to 
differ  in  the  titlepage  (the  under  half  of  which  is  unfortunately  lost) 
in  a  very  marked  degree  from  the  edition  of  1582.  It  will  be  noted 
that  the  form  of  commencement  of  the  title  was  a  very  common  one 
with  Ross,  but  only  once  occurs — so  far  as  we  are  aware— in  books 
printed  by  Charteris.  We  annex  a  description  and  collation  : — 
1580?]  [Ornamental  band  at  top]  C  The  warkis  of  the  fa-  |  mous  and 

157.    worthie  Knicht  Schir  Dauid  Lynnesay  |  of  the  Mont,  Alias,  Lyoun 
King  of  Armes.  |  Newlie  correctit,  and  vindicate  from  the  |  Former 


364  Henry  Charteris  s   Works. 

errouris  quhairwith  thay  |  war  befoir  corruptit :  and  aug-  |  mentit 
with  sindrie  warkis  ]  quhilk  was  not  befoir  |  Imprentit.  |  ^  The 
Contentis  of  the  Buik,  and  quhat  warkis  ar  |  augmentit,  the  nixt 
syde  sail  schaw.  |  U  Viuet  etiam  post  funera  virtus.  |  H  lob  vii.  | 
11  Militia  est  vita  hominis  super  terram.  |  [Under  half  of  title  gone.] 

Quarto,  A — X^.  Black-letter,  except  contents  and  preface,  which 
are  in  roman.  A  i^  Title  ;  i'^  The  contentis  ;  ij — 5,  pp.  [8],  Preface; 
6 — 8,  pp.  [6],  Adhortatioun  and  Epistill ;  at  foot  of  8'^  is  a  diamond- 
shaped  arabesque  ornament,  leaning  towards  the  right-hand  side ; 
B — X^  pp.  2-316 — for  318,  pp.  75,  76  are  repeated — (p.  2  is  on  B  i'') 
The  Works.  At  foot  of  p.  316  [318]  Ross's  large  device,  with  his 
initials  I.  R.,  one  letter  at  each  side.  Bodleian  Library — pressmark, 
8°.  L.  24  Art. 

All  three  copies  want  Squyer  Meldrum,  although  that  poem  is 
included  in  the  Contents  as  "  neuer  befoir  Imprentit."  Respecting 
this  piece.   Dr.   Laing  remarks  : — 

"It  is  somewhat  uncertain  when  Squyer  Meldrum  was  first 
printed.  As  just  stated,  although  professing  to  be  annexed  to  the 
edition  of  Lyndsay's  Poems  by  Henry  Charteris,  1582,  it  must  have 
been  printed  about  the  same  time  in  a  separate  form.  This  is  proved 
by  the  fact,  that  in  the  inventory  of  the  stock-in-trade  of  Robert 
Gourlay,  bookseller  in  Edinburgh,  who  died  6th  September,  1585, 
six  copies  of  '  The  Squyer  of  Meldrum,  black '  were  valued  at  12  d. 
each,  Summa  vj  s.  ;  and  seven  copies  of  '  Lyndsay  (the  Poems), 
black,'  at  iiij  s.  vj  d.  Summa  xxxj  s.  vj  d.  The  latter  were  no 
doubt  copies  of  the  1582  edition"  ("Works  of  Sir  David  Lyndsay," 
Vol.  III.,  p.  282). 

Herbert,  p.  1506,  mentions  an  edition  of  Lyndsay,  printed  by 
Charteris  in  1588,  but  no  copy  with  that  date  is  known.  See 
postea,  under  1597. 


Henry  Charteriss   Works.  365 

588  Ane    Frvitfvll   |  Medita-  |  tioun,    contening    ane  |  Plane    And 

158.  Facill  Ex-  1  positioun  of  ye  7.  8.  9  and  10  versis  of  |  the  20  Chap, 
of  the  Reuelatioun  in  |  forme  of  ane  sermone.  Set  doun  be  |  ye 
maist  christiane  King  and  syn-  |  ceir  professour,  and  cheif  de-  | 
fender  of  the  treuth,  la-  |  ines  the  6  King  of  |  Scottis.  |  2.  Thess. 
Chapt.  1.  Vers.  6.  7.  8.  |  H  For  it  is  ane  righteous  thing  with  God,  to 
re-  I  compese  tribulation  to  them  yat  trouble  you,  |  And  to  you 
which  ar  troubled,  rest  with  vs,  [  when  ye  Lord  lesvs  sail  shew  him 
self  from  |  heauen  with  his  michtie  Angels,  In  flamming  |  fire, 
rendring  vengeance  vnto  them,  that  do  \  not  know  God,  and  which 
obey  not  vnto  ye  |  Gospell  of  our  Lord  lesvs  Christ.  | 

Imprentit  At  Edinbvrgh  Be  |  Henrie  Charteris.  M.D.LXXX 
VIII.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  titlepage  and  preliminary 
matter,  which  are  in  roman  characters.  There  is  no  paging,  but 
there  are  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — B^,  three  leaves  of  each 
sheet  being  signed  Bj,  Bij,  Biij,  and  one  unsigned.  Collation  : — 
A  I  Title,  verso  blank  ;  Aij=^  "  To  the  Christiane  Reider,"  dated  and 
signed  "The  first  of  October.  1588.  M.  Patrik  Galloway  Minister 
of  Perth."  Aij'^  "  Epigramma  per  tropum  allusionis  ad  nobile  Regiae 
Maiestatis  nomen,  quod  huius  pij  &  eruditi  Sermonis  prcecipuum 
argumentum  complectitur.  Per  M.  I.  Malcolmum."  and  "Vaticinii 
de  maxime  vere  Christiano  Scotorum  Rege  explicatio,  &  ad  opus 
applicatio.  Per  eundem."  Aiij — B  4=^  Ane  Fruitfull  Meditatioun  ; 
B  4^  is  blank.     The  title  is  enclosed  within  a  border. 

This  work  was  licensed  to  John  Harrison,  younger,  on  4th  April, 
1589,  and  was  printed  by  him  in  octavo  in  that  year,  and  again  in 
1603. 

A  French  edition  was  printed  at  Rochelle  in  1589  in  octavo 
(Maunsell  64,  and  Herbert  p.    1159). 


366  Henry  Charteriss  Works. 

A  copy  of  Henry  Charteris's  edition  is  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  C.  2,"].  d.  28  (i.);  and  another  copy  is  in  the  library  of 
Lambeth  Palace. 

1589  ■  Ane  I  Meditatiovn  [  vpon  the  xxv,  xxvi,  xxvij,  |  xxviii  and  xxix 
159-  Verses  Of  |  The  xv  Chapt.  Of  The  |  first  buke  of  the  Chronicles  | 
of  the  Kingis.  |  Set  doun  be  the  maist  christi-  |  ane  King  And 
Sincere  Pro-  |  fessour  of  the  treuth  lames  the  |  Sext  King  Of  | 
Scottis.  Psalm.  Lxxxiiii.  Vers,  x,  xi,  xii.  |  Ane  day  in  thy  courtes 
is  better  then  ane  thowsand  vther  |  quhair.  I  had  rather  be  ane 
dure  keeper  in  the  hous  of  my  [  God,  then  to  dwell  in  the  tabernacles 
of  wickednes.  |  For  the  Lord  God  is  the  sunne  and  sheild  to  vs  :  the 
Lord  I  will  giue  grace  and  glorie  :  and  no  gude  thing  will  be  with-  | 
hald  from  them  that  walk  vprichtlie.  |  O  Lord  of  hostes,  blessed  is 
the  man  yat  trusteth  in  the.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  |  Henrie  Charteris.  1589.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio   Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  titlepage,  preliminary,  and 
concluding  pages,  which  are  in  roman  characters.  There  is  no 
paging,  but  there  are  catchwords,  and  signatures  A  B4,  the  first 
three  leaves  of  each  sheet  being  signed  Bj,  Bij,  Biij,  and  one  not 
signed.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  Aij^  "  To  the  Christiane 
Reider,"  signed  "  M.  Patrik  Galloway  Minister  of  Perthe";  Aij^ 
/' Epigramma,  quo  videri  possit  invictissimum  Scotorum  Regem 
multo  maxime  Christianum  Dauidica  stirpe  esse  oriundum.  Per 
M.  L  Malcolmum";  Aiij — 64=^  Ane  Meditatioun ;  B  4^'  "His 
Maiesties  avvin  Sonnet,"  and  "  Idem  latlnc,"  the  last  signed  "  Per 
Metellanum  Cancellarium." 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  2)1-  d.  28.  (2.) 

Bohn's  Lowndes,  p.  1181,  registers  a  copy  dated  1598,  but  no 
copy  bearing  that  date  is  known. 


Henry  Charteriss   Works.  367 

589  De    Avgvstissimo   |    lacobi    6.    Scotorum     Regis,    |    &  ]    Annze 

160.  Frederic!  2.  Danorvm  Regis  |  Filiae  Conjugio  :  13  Calend.  Septemb. 
I  1589  in  Dania  celebrate:  |  Georgio  Scotix  Mareschallo,  |  sui 
Regis  vicem  obeunte.  [  Epithalamivm  |  Ad  eamdem  Annam,  | 
Serenissiman  Scotorum  |  Reginam  |  Hercule  Rolloco  Scoto  auctore. 
I  [Small  woodcut.] 

Edinburgi,  |  Excudebat  Henricvs  Charteris.  |  1589.  | 
Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso,  and   signatures  A  B4  C^.     Collation: — A  i^  Title; 
A  i^    Ad    Annam    Serenissimam     Scotorum     Reginam  ;    A  2 — C  2 
Epithalamium. 

Copies  of  this  poem  by  Hercules  Rollock  are  in  the  libraries  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh,  and  of  Lambeth  Palace. 

1592  The  I  VVarkis  Of  |  The  Famovs  And  VVor-  |  thie  Knicht,  Sir 

161.  Dauid  Lyndsay  of  the  |  Mont,  alias  Lioun,  King  of  Armes.  Newlie 
corre-  |  ctit,  and  vindicate  from  the  former  er-  |  rouris,  quhairwith 
they  war  befoir  cor-  I  ruptit :  and  augmentit  with  sindry  ]  warkis, 
quhilk  was  not  befoir  j  imprentit.  |  The  Contentis  of  the  Buik,  and 
quhat  I  warkis  ar  augmentit,  the  nixt  side  |  sail  schaw.  |  Viuet  etiam 
post  funera  virtus.  |  lob.  vii.  |  Militia  est  vita  hominis  super  terram.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh,  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Anno,  M.D. 
LXXXXII.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  the  preface,  which  is  in 
roman  letter.  With  paging,  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — X^^ 
four  leaves  of  each  sheet  being  signed,  and  four  unsigned. 
Collation: — A  i^  Title,  within  a  border;  A  i^  The  Contentis; 
Aij — 5,  pp.  [8],  Charteris's  Preface  to  the  Reader;  A  6 — 8,  pp.  [6], 
Adhortatioun  and  Epistill  Nuncupatorie  ;  Bi — X  8,  pp.  1-318,  the 
Works.  At  foot  of  p.  318 — ■''  Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  |  be  Henrie 
Charteris.  |  Anno  Dom.  M.D. LXXXXII.  |  " 


368  Henry  Charteriss   Works. 

This  is  a  reprint,  page  for  page,  of  the  edition  of  1582.  A  full 
page  has  35  lines.  The  head-lines  are  in  roman  capitals — "  The 
First  Bvik  |  Of  The  Monarchie."  The  contents,  like  the  edition  of 
1582,  includes  Squyer  Meldrum,  but  that  poem  is  not  included  in 
the  works. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  of  Lyndsay  is  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  C.  39.  d.  40 ;  and  a  second  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the 
Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1593  C  The   Testament   of  [   Cresseid,   |   Compylit   be    M.    Robert  [ 

162.  Henrysone,  Sculemai-  |  ster  in   Dunfer-  ]  meling.  ] 

Imprentit  at  Edin-  |  burgh  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  M.D.XCIII.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B4  C^.  Collation  : — A  i^  Title  ;  A  i^ 
"  The  1  Testament  of  Cresseid  |  "  in  58  seven-line  stanzas,  con- 
cluding on  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  page,  or  B  3*',  after  which 
begins  "UThe  Complaint  of  Cresseid,"  in  7  nine-line  stanzas,  and 
21   seven-line  stanzas,  ending  at  foot  of  C  2"^  with   "Finis." 

Only  one  copy  of  this  work  is  known,  which  is  in  the  British 
Museum — pressmark,   C.   21.  c. 

"The  Testament  of  Cresseid"  was  reprinted  in  1824  for  the 
members  of  the  Bannatyne  Club,  edited  by  George  Chalmers,  and 
again  in  1865  in  "The  Poems  and  Fables  of  Robert  Henryson," 
edited  by  David  Laing. 

1594  The  I  CL  Psalmes  |  of  David  in  Meter  |  after  the  forme  that  | 

163.  they  ar  used  to  be  |  sung   in   the    Kirk  of  |  Scotland.  |  Quhairunto 
ar  addit  |  the  Catechisme  of  M.    John  |  Caluine.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Hen-  |  rie  Charteris.  |  Anno  M.D. 
XCIIII.  1  Cum  Privilcgio  Regali.  | 


Henry  Charteriss   Works.  369 

Octavo.  The  title  within  a  border  of  flowers.  Reverse  blank. 
Sig.  IHj  "  Ane  Almanack  for  xx  |  ^eiris  to  cum."  from  1594  to  1613. 
"  The  number  of  c;eiris  of  the  Worlde,  efter  the  |  supputatioun  of  M. 
Luther,"  below.  On  the  reverse  is  a  Calendar  in  two  columns, 
which  occupies  in  all  four  pages.  The  upright  and  horizontal  black 
lines  or  strokes  are  exceedingly  uneven,  and  look  as  if  they  had  been 
carelessly  traced  with  a  pen  and  ink.  The  Calendar  begins  with 
Januarie  ist  and  ends  31st  Deer.  There  are  very  few  events  noted. 
On  the  reverse  of  Hiiij  is  "The  use  of  the  Epact  |  to  knaw  the  age 
of  I  the  Mone,  the  quarters,  &  the  full  Mone.  |  " — a  full  page. 
"  Prayeris  commonlie  ]  used  in  the  Kirk  of  |  Scotland.  |  "  10  leaves. 

Collated  from  a  copy  formerly  in  Dr.  Dickson's  possession.  A 
copy  is  entered  in  the  "  Bibliotheca  Anglo  Poetica,"  No.   550. 

1594  Ane   pleasant   Satyre  of  the  three  Estatis  in  commendation  of 

164.  vertew  and  vituperation  of  vyce. 
Edinburgh  be  Henrie  Charteris,    1594. 
Quarto.     See  Bohn's  Lowndes,  p.  1422,  where  it  is  said  to  be  the 

first  edition.  Herbert,  p.  1515,  remarks — "Mr.  Pinkerton  thinks 
Sir  David  Lindsay's  Satyre  upon  the  three  Estates  of  Scotland  (a 
dramatic  piece)  was  printed  this  year  (1594).  It  was,  however, 
printed  in   1602,  or   1600,  at  Edinburgh,   in  4to." 

*  1594  The    Historic    Of   |    Ane     Nobil    And    Wail^e-    |    and    Squyer, 

165.  William  Meldrum,  vmquhyle  |  Laird  of  Cleische  and  Bynnis. 
Compylit  be  Sir  Dauid  |  Lyndesay  of  the  Mont,  alias,  Ly-  |  oun. 
King  of  Armes.  j  C  H  »  C  C  »  |  The  |  {%)  Testament  of  the 
said  I  Williame  Meldrvm  |  Squyer.  Compylit  al-  |  swa  be  Sir 
Dauid  I  Lyndesay,  &c.  |  Cicero  Philip.  14.  |  Proprium  sapientis 
est,  grata  eorum  virtutem  memo-  |  ria  prosequi,  qui  pro  Patria 
vitam  profuderunt.  |  Ovid.  2.  Fast.  |  Et  memorem  famam,  qui  bene 
gessit  habet.  | 

X  X 


2,'/0  Henry  Charteriss   Works. 

Impreiitit  at  Edinburgh  |  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Anno  M.D. 
XCIIII.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — C^  D4,  the  first  four  leaves  of  each  sheet 
being  signed  Bj,  Bij,  Biij,  Biiij,  and  four  unsigned.  Collation  : — 
A  I  Title,  verso  blank ;  Aij — C  8  The  Sqvyer  of  the  Bynnis ; 
Dj — 4  The  Testament. 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  39.  d.  23; 
the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  Huth 
Library. 

In  the  copy  in  the  British  Museum  there  is  written  at  the  foot  of 
the  title,  "  Tho.  Arrowsmyth,  seruant  to  Henry  Bowes,  Esquire. 
Empt.  in  Edenbr.   Marche  ij"   1597.  pr'.  xxx  d.   Scottish." 

1594  The  I  Lyfe  And  Actis  |  Of  The  Maist  Illvster  |  And  Vailzeand 

166.  Cam-  I  piovn  |  William  Wallace,  Knicht  of  Ellerslie.  ]  Mainteiner 
and  defender  of  the  |  libertie  of  Scotland.  |  Cicero  2.  de  finibus.  | 
ir  Laudandus  est  is,  qui  mortem  oppetit  pro  Republica,  |  qui  doceat 
chariorem  esse  patriam  nobis,  quam  nosmet-  |  ipsos.  |  Cicer.  Philip. 
14.  I  If  Proprium  sapientis  est,  grata  eorum  virtutem  memoria  | 
prosequi,  qui  pro  Patria  vitam  profuderunt.  |  Cicer.  ibidem.  |  H  O 
fortunata  mors,  quae  naturae  debita,  pro  Patria  potis-  |  simum  est 
reddita.  |  Ovid.  2.  Pastor.  |  t  Et  memorem  famam,  qui  bene  gessit, 
habet.  |  [Composite  woodcut  of  eight  pieces.] 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  M.D.XCHH.  | 
Cvm   Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  except  the  title  and  preface,  which 
are  in  roman  characters.  Signatures  J'  A — Z^.  Collation  : — Title, 
reverse  blank.  On  .^ij  "  Vnto  the  Gentil  |  Reider,  Henrie  Chart- 
eris wishis  prosperous  health  ;  lang  life  |  and  perpetuall  Felicitie." 
This  Preface  occupies  seven  leaves.     A — Z^  the  text. 


Henry  Charteriss   Works.  371 

Only  one  perfect  copy  of  this  edition  is  known,  viz.,  that  in  the 
library  at  Britwell.  The  copy  referred  to  was  purchased  in  1806  at 
the  sale  of  the  Marquis  of  Lansdowne's  Library  by  Mr.  Heber ;  and 
at  his  sale  in  1834  it  was  acquired  by  the  late  Mr.  William  H.  Miller 
of  Craigentinny  for  the  sum  of  ^25    los. 

[Book  of  Common  Order. 

Edinburgh,    Henry  Charteris,    1595-96.] 

In  describing  this  edition  of  the  Book  of  Common  Order,  printed 
by  Charteris,  we  have  experienced  considerable  difficulty.  We  are 
unable  to  state  from  the  data  at  our  command  whether  any  copies  of 
this  work  were  issued  with  the  date  1595  on  all  the  five  titlepages, 
and  we  are  equally  uncertain  whether  the  most  perfect  copy  which 
has  survived  carried  the  date  1596  on  the  first  titlepage,  although  it 
is  very  probable  that  such  was  the  case. 

Of  the  two  copies  known,  that  in  the  British  Museum — press- 
mark, 3436,  f.  16. — may  be  dismissed  with  the  following  remarks. 
It  is  very  imperfect :  wanting  titlepages  to  parts  i  and  4,  two  leaves 
following  the  titlepage  of  part  i,  and  signatures  e4,  A3,  Cc  7 — 8, 
all  signature  Dd,  Tt  8,  Vvi,  3 — 8,  and  G7 — 8  in  part  5.  The 
British  Museum  copy  differs,  however,  from  the  other  copy  in 
having  the  date   1595  on  the  titlepage  of  the  second  part. 

The  only  other  copy  which  we  have  met  with  is  in  Cambridge 
University  Library,  and,  but  for  the  lack  of  the  first  titlepage, 
appears  to  be  perfect.     The  following  is  the  collation  : — 

First  Part.  Eight  leaves  without  signatures,  ^^^,  a — h^.  The 
first  leaf.  Title,  is  wanting  ;  2*  Ane  Almanack  ;  2^ — 8=^  Calendar  ; 
^^  The  vse  of  the  Epact ;  ^^  i — 2  The  Contents;  a — h^,  pp.  2-128 
(p.  2  is  on  ai^^),  Prayers  vsed  in  the  Kirk. 

Second  Part.  The  |  Psalmes  Of  David  |  In  Metre.  |  According 
as  they  are  sung  in  |  the  Kirk  of  Scotland.  1  H  Together,  with  the 


3/2  Henry  Charteris s   Works. 

Conclusion,  or  ]  Gloria  Patri,  eftir  the  Psalme :  |  and  alsua  ane 
Prayer  eftir  euerie  |  Psalme,  agreing  with  the  mening  |  thairof.  | 
lames  v.  |  If  anie  be  afflicted,  let  him  pray  :  and  |  if  anie  would  be 
merie,  let  |  him  sing  Psalmes.  |  [Rectangular  arabesque  ornament.] 
Prented  at  Edinbvrgh  be  |  Henrie  Charteris.  1596.  |  Cum  Privilegio 
Regali.  |  A — Z^  Aa — Ll^  Mm^.  A  i  Title,  within  a  border,  verso 
blank;  Aij — Z8,  Aai — Kk6^,  pp.  4-521  (p.  4  is  on  A ij'').  The  Psalmes; 
Kk6'^ — Mm  2%  pp.  522-545,  The  X  Commandements,  &c.,  in  metre  ; 
Mm  2^— Mm  4,  pp.  [5],  A  Table.     With  the  Music. 

Third  Part.  [Arabesque  ornament  along  the  top  of  the  page] 
The  I  Catechisme  |  Or  Maner  To  Teiche  |  Children  the  Christian  | 
Religion.  |  Wherein  the  Minister  demaundeth  the  |  Question,  and 
the  Chylde  maketh  answere  |  Made  by  the  excellent  Doctour  and  | 
Pastour  in  Christs  Kirk.  |  [Rectangular  arabesque  ornament.] 
Printed  At  Edinbvrgh,  |  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  1596.  |  Cum  Priui- 
legio  Regali.  |  Nn — Vv^.  Nn  i  Title,  verso  blank;  Nnij — Vv  8S 
pp.  4-127  (p.  4  is  on  Nnij*^),  The  Catechisme  ;  Vv  8*^  is  blank. 

Fourth  Part.  The  |  Ordour  and  doctrine  |  of  the  generall 
Fasting,  appointit  be  |  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Kirkis  of  | 
Scotland,  haldin  at  Edinburgh  |  the  25  day  of  Decem-  |  ber,  1565.  | 
According  to  the  trew  originall.  |  loel.  2.  |  IT  Thairfoir  also  now  the 
Lord  sayis,  Turne  zou  vnto  |  me  with  all  zour  heart,  with  Fasting, 
with  weiping  |  and  with  mourning,  &c.  |  [Charteris's  device.] 
Prentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Henrie  Charteris.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali. 
1 596.  I  A — DS.  A  I  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — D  8  A  Treatise  of 
Fasting.     There  is  no  paging  in  this  part. 

Fifth  Part.  The  |  Ordour  of  Ex-  |  communicatioun  and  of 
pub-  I  like  Repentance  vsit  in  the  Kirk  |  of  Scotland  :  |  And  com- 
manded to  be  printed  be  the  ]  generall  Assemblie  of  the  same  | 
haldin  in  lune,  1569.  |  [Device  of  Charteris.]  Prented  at  Edin- 
burgh be  H.   Charteris.  |  Cum   Priuilegio  Regali.     1596.  |      E — G^. 


Henjy  Charteriss   IFor/cs.  373 

E  i^  Title,  within  an  arabesque  border;  E  i''  "Albeit  that  in  the 
buke  of  Discipline,"  &c.,  an  advertisement  in  ten  lines  ;  E  2 — G  &'^ 
A  Treatise  of  Excommunication  ;  G  8''  [Arabesque  band,  with 
Charteris's  device  underneath,  then]  Imprented  At  Edinbvrgh  |  be 
Henrie  Charteris.  1596.  |  And  ar  to  be  sauld  in  his  buith  on  the 
North  I  syde  of  the  gait,  a  littill  abone  the  |  salt  Trone.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio  Regali.  ]  [Arabesque  band  underneath.]  There  is  no 
paging  in  this  part. 

All  five  parts  are  printed  in  roman  letter. 

1596  Theses  philosophicae,  quarum  patrocinium  suscepere  Adolescentes 

168.  Laureae  candidati,  easdem  propugnaturl,  Aug.  die  2.  in  aede  sacra 
regii  collegii,  praeside  G.  R.  sub  horam  8  matutinam,  Edinburgh 

Edinb.  ex  officii  H.  Charteris.      1596. 

Quarto.  The  above  is  taken  from  Herbert's  edition  of  Ames, 
p.  1 5 16.  The  name  of  the  president  at  the  disputation  was  George 
Robertson. 

1596  Qvsestiones  Et  |  Responsiones  Ali-  |  qvot  De  Foedere  |  Dei:  | 

169.  Deque  Sacramento  quod  |  Foederis  Dei  sigillum  est.  |  In  gratiam 
rudiorum  collectse  |  per  Robertvm  ]  Rollocvm  |  Scotum.  |  [Square 
ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi  ]  Excudebat  Henricus  |  Charteris.  1596.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio  Regali.  ] 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — C^  D*.  Collation  : — A  i  Title, 
within  a  border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  "  Gulielmo 
Litillo,"  and  dated  "  Edinburgi  13  Calendas  Martias";  A3 — D3 
Ousestiones  ;  D  4  is  blank. 

There  are  copies  in  the  Advocates'  and  University  Libraries, 
Edinburgh. 


374  Henry  Charteriss   Works. 

1597  The  I  Varkis    of    the  |  famous    &    worthie  J.  Knicht    Sir    Dauid 

170.    Lindsay  of    the   |    Mont,   alias    Lyoun    King   of   Armes.    [    Newlie 

correctit  and  vindicate  from  the  for-  |  mer  errouris,  quhairwith  they 

war  befoir  |  corruptit :  and  augmentit  with  sin-  |  drie  Warkis,  quhilk 

was  not  be-  |  foir  Imprentit.  | 

Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Henrie  |  Charteris.  1597.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio  RegaH.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — -X^.  A  i^  Title,  within  a  border;  A  i'' 
Contents  ;  Aij — 5,  pp.  [8],  Preface  ;  A  6 — 8,  pp.  [6],  Adhortatioun 
and  Epistill  Nuncupatorie  ;  Bi — X8  The  Works.  At  the  foot  of 
the  last  page  is  Charteris's  device,  with  initials  H.  C.  A  full  page 
has  35  lines.  The  head-lines  are— "  The  Thrid  Buik  |  of  the 
Monarchic." 

Although  Squyer  Meldrum  is  said  in  the  contents  to  be  contained 
in  this  edition,  yet  it  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  copies  known. 

A  perfect  copy,  formerly  George  Chalmers's,  is  in  the  library  at 
Britwell ;  and  a  copy  wanting  first  eight  leaves  is  said  to  be  in  the 
Cathedral  Library  at  Durham. 

On  the  death  of  Charteris  in  1599  there  were  in  his  stock  788 
David  Lyndesayis,  valued  at  8s.  the  piece,  unbound,  and  40 
Squyeres  of  Meldrum,  valued  at  2s.  each. 

An  imperfect  copy  of  Lyndsay,  printed  by  Charteris,  lettered  on 
the  binding,  and  described  in  the  sale  catalogue  as  1588,  was  in 
Heber's  library.  It  was  purchased  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Miller,  and  is 
now  at  Britwell.  It  wants  the  whole  of  the  preliminary  matter,  and 
in  no  respect  differs  from  the  edition  of  1597,  of  which  it  appears  to 
be  an  imperfect  copy.  It  is  probably  the  same  copy  mentioned  by 
Herbert  at  p.  1506  of  his  "Typographical  Antiquities." 


Henry  Charter  is  s   Wo7'ks.  375 

599  Theses  Philoso-  ]  phicae,  &  ex  iis  illatae  Con-  |  clusiones:  |  Qvas,  | 

171.  Avspice  Et  Propitio  Deo,  |  Prjeside  Gvil.  Cragio,  propugnaturi  sunt 
Aclolescentes  Ma-  |  gisterii  candidati,  e  Scholis  Edinbvrg :  Philoso- 
phicis  I  hac  vice  emittendi  triginta  tres,  quorum  no-  |  mina  sequens 
indicabit  pagina.  |  Disputabuntur  Edinbvrgi  die  Luna;  3  Kal. 
Augusti,  I  a  septima  matutina  in  duodecimam  :  &  ab  hora  |  prima 
pomeridiana  usque  ad  vesperum  :  |  in  ^de  sacra  Regij  Collegij.  | 
[Small  ornament.] 

Apud  Henricum  Charteris.      1599.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  with  borders  round  the 
pages.  The  work  comprises  Title,  and  signatures  A — D^  Collation: 
Title,  with  names  of  candidates  on  verso  ;  A — D  i  Theses.  D  2  is 
wanting,  but  it  is  probable  that  the  title  was  printed  on  that  leaf. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University. 

'1599  Vitae   &   mor-  |  tis    D.    Roberti  |  Rolloci  |  Scoti    nar-  |  ratio.  | 

172.  Scripta  per  Georgium  Ro-  |  bertsonum.  |  Adjectis  in  eundem  | 
quorundam  Epita-  |  phijs.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Apud  Henricum  Charteris.  |  1599.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — C^.  The  first  five  leaves  of  each  sheet 
are  signed  B,  B2,  B3,  B4,  B5,  and  three  leaves  unsigned.  Collation: 
A  I  Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank ;  A  2 — C  i  Vita  et  INIors 
Roberti  Rolloci  ;  C  2 — 8=^  Epitaphia  ;  CS*^  is  blank. 

The  subject  of  this  biography,  Robert  Rollock,  Principal  of  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  was  cut  off  at  the  early  age  of  43.  He 
died   "6   Idus  Febr.  anno   1598." 

Robertson's  work,  together  with  an  account  of  Rollock's  life  by 
Henry  Charteris,  was  reprinted  for  the  members  of  the  Bannatyne 
Club  in   1826. 


37^  Henry  Chart eriss   Works. 

Copies  of  the  original  treatise  by  Robertson  are  in  the  British 
Museum — pressmark,  C.  ■^'].  a.  ii. — Advocates'  Library,  and  Uni- 
versity Library,   Edinburgh. 

1599  Certaine  |  Sermons  |  vpon  severall  [  Places  of  The  |  Epistles  of 

173-  Paul.  I  Preached  Be  M.  |  Robert  Rollok,  \  Minister  of  the  Euan-  | 
gell  of  lesus  Christ  at  |  Edinbvrgh.  |  [Small  square  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh  j  Printed  by  Henrie  Char-  |  teris.  1599.  |  Cum 
Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A^  B — S^  T4  V^.  Collation: — Ai^  Title,  within  a  border; 
A  I*'  The  number  of  Sermons  contained  in  this  Bulk  ;  A  2  (marked 
3) — 6  To  the  Reader;  Bi — Vi,  pp.  2-282  (p.  2  is  on  Bii>),  Sermons; 
V  2  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 

A  copy  of  this  work  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
Edinburgh. 

Herbert,  p.  15 18,  mentions  the  same  work  under  the  date  1597  ; 
but  his  only  authority  is  "  Mackenzie,  iii.,  446." 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


THOMA  S     VA  U  TROLL  IE  K. 


T  F   we  are  to  credit  that   wicked   old   biblioclast,   John    Bagford, 
-*■      and  the  learned  Thomas  Baker,  the  Scottish  nation  has  much 
to  thank  Vautrollier  for.      He  was  the  first,  say  they,  who  taught  us 
the  way  of  good  printing — a  statement  certainly  not  very  compli- 
mentary to  our  own  printers. 

According  to  Herbert,  Vautrollier  was  a  Frenchman  of  consider- 
able learning,  who  came  from  Paris  or  Rouen  into  England  about 
the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Being  a  protestant, 
he  had  expatriated  himself  like  many  of  his  Huguenot  brethren, 
who  sought  their  fortunes  where  freedom  of  religious  thought  was 
permitted.  We  know  that  Wechel  went  to  Frankfort  from  Paris  in 
1573,  and,  as  a  further  instance  of  the  emigration,  a  Scotsman 
named  John  Hay  complained  to  Mandelot  that  the  printing  of  one 
of  his  works  had  been  interrupted  three  times,  principally  in  conse- 
quence of  the  Huguenot  workmen  in  Lyons  having  left  the  city. 
(Michel,  Vol.  11.,  p.   115,  note  i.) 

From  the  Stationers'  Registers  we  learn  that  Vautrollier  was 
admitted  a  brother  of  the  Stationers'  Company  on  and  October, 
1564,  on  which  occasion  he  paid  the  sum  of  ij  s.  vi  d.*  ;  but,  as  we 

*  "  Recevetl  of  Thomas  vautroullier  fur  his  ailiiiytlinge  hym  brother  of  this  howse  the  ijde  Daye  of 
octobre  1564  ij*.  vj'^." — Stationers'  Rcgiiters,  A.,  f.  124. 

Y  V 


378  Thomas   Vaiitrollier. 

do  not  find  him  printing  any  book  on  his  own  account  till  six  years 
afterwards,  it  is  probable  that  he  worked  as  a  servant  to  some  master 
during  the  interval. 

In  1570  he  established  his  press  in  Blackfriars,  by  Ludgate, 
which  appears  to  have  been  his  settled  residence  in  London  through- 
out the  remainder  of  his  lifetime,  notwithstanding  that  he  sojourned 
for  some  time  in  Scotland, 

His  first  effort  was  "A  booke  Containing  Diuers  Sortes  of  hands, 
as  well  the  English  as  French  secretary,  with  the  Italian,  Chancery  & 
court  hands  :  Also  the  true  and  iust  proportio  of  the  Capitall  Romae. 
Set  Forth  by  John  de  Beau  Chesne,  and  Mr.  John  Baildon.  Im- 
printed by  Thomas  Vautrollier,  dwelling  in  the  blackefrieres,  1570." 
"  This  set  of  copies  of  the  various  hands  usually  written  at  that  time 
is  very  ingenious  and  curious,  and  well  deserves  the  character  of  the 
last  of  them  in  the  book — '  Cedo  nulli.'  I  apprehend  them  to  have 
been  written  by  Mr.  Beauchesne,  a  schoolmaster  in  Black-friars,  and 
cut  on  wood  by  Mr.  Baildon"  (Herbert,  p.  1066). 

In  1578  Vautrollier  printed  "Special  and  chosen  Sermons  of 
D.  Martin  Luther"  ;  but,  as  he  printed  the  work  without  a  licence, 
he  was  fined  ten  shillings  on  the  ist  December,  1578.*  Next  year 
he  printed,  without  the  ordinance  of  the  Stationers'  Company,  "A 
learned  and  very  profitable  exposition  made  vpon  the  cxi  Psalme," 
and  again  incurred  a  similar  fine  on  the   loth  August,    1579.! 

In  the  40th  General  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
convened  at  Dundee,    and   begun  on    12th  July,    1580,  among  the 

*  Thomas  vau-        Anno.  2i.  Regiii[a]e  Elizabetli[ac]  Primo  Pie  Decembris  [1578]  At  a  court  Iiolilen 

troller.  this  Daye  The  said  Thomas  ffor  trangrcssinge  the  ordonnance  in  printingc  Luthers 

sermons  without  lycence.  is  fined  at        ......         x^  paid, — 

Stationers^  Registers,  B.,  f.  406^, 

tThomas  vau-       x.  Augusti.  [1579.]     Bycause  he  hathe  printed  an  exposition  of  ye  Cxj.  psalme: 
troller.  contrary  to  ye  ordenaunces  of  this  house  ;  yt  is  agreed  yat  for  his  offence  so  farre 

as  it  touchcth  ye  same  house  only  :  he  shall  paye  for  a  fine      .        .       x^  paid. — 
Stationers'  Registers,  B. ,  f,  40JO, 


T/to)nas   VaiUroUicr.  379 

articles  drawn  up  for  the  consideration  of  the  king  and  council,  are 
two  relating  to  the  subject  of  typography.  The  first  was  a  recom- 
mendation "that  order  be  taken  with  Alexander  Arbuthnet,  that  the 
Bibles  be  delivered,"  the  second  bears  upon  the  printer  at  present 
under  our  notice  : — • 

"Because  ther  is  great  necessitie  of  a  printer  within  this  countrey, 
and  ther  is  a  stranger  banischit  for  religioun,  callit  Vautrolier,  quho 
offers  to  imploy  his  labour  in  the  s;iid  vocation,  for  the  weill  of  the 
country,  it  will  please  30ur  Grace  and  Counsell  to  take  ordour  hcirin, 
as  ^our  Grace  thinks  meit ;  and  to  give  licence  and  priviledge  to 
him  for  that  effect,  if  it  salbe  thocht  expedient  be  -^our  Grace  and 
Counsell"  (Booke  of  the  Universall  Kirk,  Vol.  11.,  p.  462). 

The  dilatoriness  of  Arbuthnet  in  furnishing  the  Bibles  appears  to 
have  annoyed  the  Assembly,  and  forced  it  to  urge  the  necessity  of 
the  country  being  supplied  by  an  active  and  intelligent  printer. 
This  is  the  second  time  that  the  Assembly  moved  for  the  introduction 
of  a  foreign  printer  into  Scotland  ;  the  former  occasion  being  in 
August,  1574,  when  it  petitioned  the  Regent  and  Council  to 
consider  the  offer  made  by  Andreas  Wechel  to  come  to  Scotland 
and  provide  an  adequate  supply  of  the  best  works  printed. 

The  exact  date  of  Vautrollier's  arrival  in  Scotland  is  not  known. 
That  he  brought  a  large  supply  of  books  with  him,  and  traded  as 
a  bookseller  for  several  years  before  he  commenced  printing  in 
Edinburgh,  is  evident  from  a  complaint  made  by  Charteris  and 
others,  quoted  at  page  349  ;  and  that  the  Town  Council  of  Edin- 
burgh demanded  custom  for  the  books  imported  we  learn  from  the 
following  Act,  dated  6th  April,    1580: — 

"  Ordanis  acts  to  be  direct  chairgeing  Thomas  Vantroller,  buik- 
seller,  to  mak  payment  to  thesaurer  of  the  custome  of  all  buikis 
brocht  be  him  within  this  realm,  vnder  the  payne  of  wairding " 
(Edinburgh  Council  Records,  Vol.  vi.,  fol.  32). 


380  Thomas   l^autrollier. 

Vautrollier,  however,  had  sufficient  influence  at  Court  to  obtain  a 
decree,  discharging  the  Provost  from  enforcing  any  custom. 

We  know  for  certain  that  Vautrollier,  when  he  came  to  Scotland, 
was  the  bearer  of  a  letter  to  George  Buchanan  from  his  friend  Dr. 
Daniel  Rodgers,  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  Privy  Council  of  the 
English  Court,  thanking  him  for  a  copy  of  "  De  Jure  Regni,"  which 
the  author  had  transmitted  to  him  on  its  publication  in  1579-80  (the 
dedication  to  the  King  is  dated  loth  jany.,  1579).  "  1  have  laid  my 
injunctions  on  Vautrollier,  a  very  honest  man,  who  is  the  bearer  of 
this  letter,  to  procure  some  copies  [of  "  De  Jure  Regni"]  which  I 
intend  to  communicate  to  our  friends.  For,  Sturmius,  Metellus, 
Hotman,  Dousa,  and  other  friends  expect  your  dialogue  with 
eagerness"  (Life  of  Buchanan,    Irving,  p.   253). 

This  must  have  been  a  most  valuable  introduction  to  the  printer, 
and  Buchanan's  influence  with  the  King  and  the  Clergy  of  Scotland 
was  no  doubt  used  in  favour  of  Vautrollier,  who  had  come  to 
Edinburgh  to  endeavour  to  push  his  fortune.  He  had  received 
royal  patronage  before  he  came  to  Scotland,  as  appears  from  the 
Treasurer's  Accounts.  The  accounts  from  ist  June,  1574,  to  ist 
March,  1579-80,  are  wanting,  but  in  the  accounts  for  1580,  among 
several  payments  made  by  the  Treasurer,  "and  omitted  in  his  last 
account,"  there  is  the  following — "To  Thomas  Vautrollier  for  buikis 
in  March  i57S[-79]  ^100."  In  the  subsequent  account  for  1581 
there  is  this  entry — "  1581  Novr.  To  Thomas  Vautrollier  for 
buikis  resavit  be  Mr.  Peter  Young,  his  hienes  Preceptor,  to  his 
Maiesties  awin  use  be  his  hienes  special  comand  ^31.    i8s.  4d." 

Vautrollier  seems  not  to  have  been  furnished  with  a  printing 
press  on  his  arrival  in  Scotland  in  15S0,  but  he  evidently  desired  to 
establish  one  in  Edinburgh,  provided  sufficient  support  should  be 
guaranteed  to  him.  He  does  not  appear  to  have  succeeded  in 
carrying  out  his  design  on  that  occasion,  as  we  hear  no  more  of  him 


Thomas    Vaiitvollier.  38 X 

in  Scotland  till  1584,  in  which  year  and  the  following  his  press  was 
liberally  employed  in  Edinburgh. 

The  length  of  time  which  Vautrollier  spent  in  Scotland  during 
his  first  visit  cannot  be  ascertained,  but  it  appears  certain  that  he 
was  absent  from  his  office  in  London  in  July,  1581,*  although  both 
then,  and  during  all  the  time  of  his  absence,  his  press  in  London 
was  in  full  operation,  under  the  superintendence  of  his  wife. 

The  occasion  of  Vautrollier's  leaving  London  for  Scotland  the 
second  time  is  referred  to  in  a  letter  from  Thomas  Baker  to  Ames, 
in  which  he  says — "  He  was  the  printer  of  Jordanus  Brunus  in  the 
year  1584,  for  which  he  fled,  and  the  next  year  being  at  Edinburgh 
in  Scotland,  he  first  taught  that  nation  the  way  of  good  printing, 
and  there  staid  until  such  time  as  by  the  intercession  of  friends  he 
had  got  his  pardon,  as  appears  by  a  book  [Of  Apostacie :  ...  by 
John  de  I'Espine,  1587]  dedicated  to  the  right  worshipful  Mr. 
Thomas  Randolph,  Esq.  ;  where  he  returns  him  thanks  for  his  great 
favour,  and  for  assisting  him  in  his  distress:  printed  in  octavo,  1587." 
(Herbert,  p.  1065.) 

The  work  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  letter  was  translated  by 
Vautrollier  himself,  who  dates  the  dedication  "  from  my  poor  house 
in  the  Blackfriers." 

As  the  book  which  Thomas  Baker  mentions  did  not  appear  till 
1585,  and  as  Vautrollier  was  certainly  in  Edinburgh  in  the  preceding 
year,  the  fact  of  the  work  being  printed  at  his  press  in  London  while 
he  was  in  Edinburgh  will  not  explain  the  cause  of  his  sojourn  in  the 
Scottish  metropolis.  It  is  supposed  that  he  had  incurred  the  dis- 
pleasure of  the  Star  Chamber  by  the  publication  of  some  offensive 
works,  and  that  he  consulted  his  safety  in  removing  to  Edinburgh. 

*  "  17  July,  1581.  Yt  is  agreed  that  Tho.  Vautrollier  his  wife  shall  tinishe  this  present  ympression 
which  shoe  is  in  hand  withall  in  her  husbands  absense,  of  Tullies  epistles  with  Lambines  annotations, 
and  deliver  to  those  that  haue  [lartes  therein  with  the  said  Thomas.  Yf  his  title  be  found  vnsuf^icient 
to  llie  said  booke,  then  the  said  Thomas  &  his  partners  to  yield  suchc  Recompence  to  ,Mr.  Tho.  Marshc 
for  this  impression  as  the  Table  shall  think  good  :  for  that  the  said  Tho.  Marshe  nowe  pretcndclh  title 
thereto." — Stationers'  Registers,  B.,  fol.  434!'. 


o 


82  Thomas  Vantrollier. 


In  a  letter  written  by  James  Lowson,  minister  of  God's  Word  at 
Edinburgh,  to  Mr.  Davison,  and  dated  9th  April,  1583,  we  learn 
that  misfortune  befell  Vautrollier  on  his  way  to  Scotland.  The 
writer  informs  his  correspondent  "of  certain  piracies  committed  by 
Englishmen  under  circumstances  of  great  barbarity.  Among  the 
rest  he  laments  especially  the  case  of  Thomas  Woltweller  [Vau- 
trollier], a  Frenchman,  who  was  bringing  books  and  paper  to  print 
in  Scotland,  having  privilege  to  do  so,  who  is  almost  '  heriet.'  Prays 
him  to  look  to  these  matters,  lest  wicked  men  hold  the  two  nations 
at  division  when  God  offers  occasion  of  concord  and  union"  (Public 
Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  xxxi.,  93).  We  think  it  probable 
that  this  refers  to  Vautrollier's  second  visit  to  Scotland,  as  he  appears 
not  to  have  received  a  "privilege"  on  the  occasion  of  his  first  visit. 

Having  succeeded  in  establishing  his  press  in  Edinburgh,  Vau- 
trollier was  patronised  by  royalty,  and  had  the  honour  to  print  the 
first  of  King  James's  published  works,  "  The  Essayes  of  a  Prentise, 
in  the  divine  Art  of  Poesie,"  and,  at  the  desire  of  the  monarch,  an 
English  translation  of  Du  Bartas'  "  History  of  Judith." 

In  1584  Vautrollier  printed  six  distinct  works,  and  in  the  following 
year  only  two.  Whether  from  want  of  sufficient  encouragement,  or  from 
some  other  cause,  he  returned  to  London  early  in  1586,  taking  with 
him  a  manuscript  copy  of  John  Knox's  "History  of  the  Reformation," 
which  he  is  said  to  have  "put  to  press,  but  all  the  copies  were  seized 
before  the  work  was  completed"  ("Works  of  John  Knox,"  Vol.  i., 
p.  xxxii.). 

After  his  return,  Vautrollier  remained  in  London  till  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  took  place  some  time  before  March  4th,  1587-88, 
for  on  that  day  the  Court  of  Assistants  of  the  Stationers'  Company 
made  the  order  "That  Mrs.  Vautrollier,  late  wife  of  Tho.  Vautrollier 
deceased  shall  not  hereafter  print  anye  manner  of  book  or  books 
whatsoever,  aswell  by  reason  that  her  husband  was  noe  printer  at 


Thomas   VautroUicj'.  383 

the  tyme  of  his  decease,  as  alsoe  for  that  by  the  decrees  sette  downe 
in  the  Starre  Chamber  she  is  debarred  from  the  same."  From  this 
it  will  be  seen  that  Vautrollier  appears  to  have  ceased  printing  some 
time  before  his  death;  but  his  wife  printed  one  or  two  works  in 
1588,  some  of  which  were  probably  left  by  her  late  husband  in  an 
unfinished  state. 

On  the  26th  March,  1588,  at  a  Court  of  the  Stationers'  Company, 
"  It  is  agreed  that  Mrs.  Vautrollier  may  finishe  the  leafe  of  the 
Greeke  Testament,  and  also  finishe  the  impression,  which  is  begun, 
of  Luther  upon  the  Galathians  ;  provided  always  that  she  meddle 
not  with  the  printing  of  any  thing  else  until  she  procure  herself  to 
be  chosen  and  allowed  to  print  according  to  the  Decrees  of  the 
Starre  Chamber." 

To  revert  to  an  earlier  period  in  the  life  of  Vautrollier.      In  the 
Stationers'  Registers  the  following  entry  occurs : — 
"Master  Bishop.     X°  Die  Augusti.  [1579]    Richard  ffeylde  sonne 
of   Henry   ffeilde   of   Stratford  vppon  Aven   in 
the  countye  of  Warwick  Tanner :  Hath  put  him 
self    Apprentis    to    george    byshop    citizen    and 
staconer  of  London  for  vij  yeres  from  michaelmas 
next  [29  September  1579]     ....     ij^  vj^. 
Thomas  vau-        It  is  agreed  yat  this  Apprentis  shall  serue  ye 
trollier.  first  vj.  yeres  of  his  apprentiship   with  ye  said 

vautrollier  to  learne  ye  art  of  printinge,  and  ye 
vij"'  yere  with  ye  said.  g.  bisshop."  * 
This  same  Richard  Field  married  Vautrollier's  daughter  Jakin, 
and  succeeded  his  father-in-law  in  his  house  and  business  on 
1 2th  January,  1588.  Vautrollier  "buried  several  children  in  the 
parish  of  Blackfriars,  as  appears  by  their  church  books"  (Herbert, 
p.    1066).       He    had    several  privileges  conferred  on   him — among 

*  Stalioiiers^  Registers,  B.,  f.  30, 


384  Thomas  Vautrollier. 

others  one  from  James  VI.  in  1580.  He  had  also  liberty  to  employ 
in  his  printing  office  six  "  Frenchemen  or  Duchemen,  or  suche  like" 
(Stationers'  Registers,  B.,  fol.  4871*). 

Mrs.  Vautrollier  was  one  of  many  female  mourners  who  attended 
the  funeral  of  the  Rev.  James  Lowson  of  Edinburgh,  who  died  in 
London,  and  was  buried  there  on  12th  October,  1584.  (See  an 
account  of  the  Death  and  Funeral  of  Mr.  James  Lowson  in  the 
Wodrow  Miscellany,   p.   452.) 

The  following  entry  relates  probably  to  a  son  of  our  printer : — 
"Master  legat.       7   Mailj   [1604]    Thomas  vautroller  sworne  and 
Admitted  A  freman  of  this  Company  .  iij^  iiij''."  * 

That  charming  writer,  Mr.  William  Blades,  has  invested  Vau- 
trollier's  life  with  a  romantic  circumstance,  which,  if  correct,  places 
him  on  an  eminence  to  be  envied  by  all  typographers.  In  an 
ingenious  work,  entitled  "  Shakspere  and  Typography,"  Mr.  Blades 
advances  a  supposition  that  the  poet  acquired  some  knowledge  of 
printing  in  the  workshop  of  Thomas  Vautrollier.  Be  this  as  it  may, 
this  printer's  works  show  a  record  of  a  long  and  industrious  life,  and 
many  of  them  are  no  mean  examples  of  the  art. 

Vautrollier 's  devices  numbered  at  least  four,  all  of  which  have  an 
anchor  suspended  by  a  right  hand  issuing  from  clouds,  and  two  leafy 
boughs  twined,  with  the  motto  "  Anchora  Spei."  The  framework  of 
his  great  device  is  identical  in  every  respect  with  that  which  encloses 
the  palm-tree  of  Thomas  Guarinus,  a  printer  in  Basel,  contempor- 
aneous with  Vautrollier. 

Vautrollier  appears  to  have  had  an  agent  in  Edinburgh  for  the 
sale  of  his  books.  The  late  Dr.  David  Laing  had  in  his  possession 
a  copy  of  "  The  CL  Psalmes  of  David  in  Meter,  for  the  use  of  the 
Kirk  of  Scotland.  Imprinted  at  London  by  Thomas  Vautrollier 
dwelling  in  the  Black  Friers,  1587."     At  the  foot  of  the  title  in  MS., 

*  Slaliotiers'  Registers,  !>.,/.  JS'- 


Thomas   VaiitroUier. 


385 


but  in  imitation  of  printed  small  roman  type,  we  find  this  line — "  To 
be  sauld  at  Gilbert  Mastertonis  in  Edinburgh." 

In  the  next  chapter  we  shall  describe  the  various  works  printed 
by  Vautrollier  in  Scotland  ;  the  issues  from  his  English  press  do  not 
fall  within  the  compass  of  the  present  work. 


z  z 


CHAPTER  XXX. 

THOMAS     VAUTROLLIER'S     WORKS. 

1584    ''  I  ^HE    Confession  j  of  Faith,  containing  how  the  troubled  |  man 
174.  should  seeke  refuge  at  his  God,  |  Thereto  led  by  faith  :  with 

the  declaratio  of  the  |  article  of  iustification  at  length.  The  order 
of  I  good  workes,  which  are  the  fruites  of  faith :  And  |  how  the 
faithful,  and  iustified  man,  should  walke  |  and  Hue,  in  the  perfite, 
and  true  Christian  |  religion,  according  to  his  vocation.  |  Compiled 
by  M.  Henry  Balnaues  of  Halhill,  &  |  one  of  the  Lords  of  session, 
and  Counsell  of  Scotland,  |  being  as  prisoner  within  the  old  pallaice 
of  Roane :  |  In  the  yeare  of  our  Lord.  1548.  |  Direct  to  his  faithfull 
brethren,  being  in  like  trouble  or  more.  |  And  to  all  true  professours 
and  fauourers  of  the  |  syncere  worde  of  God.  |  Act.  i.  Hab.  2. 
Rom.  10.  I  He  shall  come,  and  shall  not  tary,  in  whome  who 
beleeue,  |  shall  not  be  confounded.  |  [Device  of  "  Anchora  Spei."] 
ir  Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  by  |  Thomas  Vautrollier.  15S4.  | 
Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  type,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — T^  V^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
Aij — 6^  Epistle  Dedicatory  "  To  the  Right  Honourable  and  Ver- 
tuous  Ladie,  Alison  Sandilands,  Lady  of  Hormistoun,  Thomas 
Vautrollier,  her  humble  Seruitour ;  wisheth  grace  and  peace,  in 
Christ  lesus."  A  6''  is  blank  ;  A  7- — B  8  Epistle  from  John  Knox, 
and  "The  Author  unto  the  Faithfull  Readers";  Ci — Sij  (marked 
in  mistake  Aij),  pp.  2-244  (P-  2  is  on  C  i*^).  The  Confession,  in  28 


Thomas   V autr oilier s   Works.  387 

chapters,  with  headings  or  summaries  in  italic  type ;  S  3=^  A  short 
address  "To  the  Reader";  S  s^^— Vij^  "A  briefe  Sommarie,"  in 
which  each  chapter  is  separately  summarised.  There  is  no  paging 
after  Sij. 

The  author  of  this  work,  Sir  Henry  Balnaves  of  Halhill,  one  of 
the  Lords  of  Session,  early  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Reformation. 
He  was  taken  prisoner,  along  with  Knox  and  others,  at  the  capture 
of  the  Castle  of  St.  Andrews  by  the  French  fleet  in  1547.  Balnaves 
was  conveyed  to  Rouen,  and  while  an  occupant  of  the  prison  in  that 
city  wrote  "The  Confession."  In  1548  he  contrived  to  send  the 
MS.  to  Knox,  who  was  a  prisoner  on  board  a  French  galley  on  the 
Loire,  and  who  thereupon  revised  it  carefully,  divided  it  into  chapters, 
and  added  the  summary.  Knox  sent  it  to  Scotland,  probably  for 
publication,  with  an  Epistle  addressed  "  to  his  best  beloved  Brethern 
of  the  Congregation  of  the  Castle  of  St.  Andrews."  The  original 
MS.  of  Balnaves,  and  the  summary  of  Knox,  were  lost  sight  of  till 
shortly  before  their  publication  in  1584.  They  were  discovered  at 
Ormiston,  the  seat  of  the  lady  to  whom  Vautrollier  dedicated  the 
printed  book. 

There  are  copies  of  "  The  Confession  "  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  3504.  de.  32.  ;  in  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark. 
Mason.  AA.  52,  ;  in  Lambeth  Palace  Library,  and  an  imperfect 
copy  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University. 

1584  The    Sicke    Mans   |  Salve:    |  Wherein    the    faithfull    Christians 

175.  may  |  learne  (both)  how  to  behaue  them-  |  selues  paciently  and 
thankefully  in  |  the  time  of  sicknesse,  and  also  vertu-  |  ously  to 
dispose  their  teporal  goods,  |  and  finallie  to  prepare  them  selues  | 
gladly  and  godly  to  die,  |  Made  by  Thomas  Beacon.  |  Math.  11.  | 
Come  vnto  me  all  ye  that  are  sicke  and  dis-  [  eased,  and  I  will 
comfort  you.  |  [Device  of  "Anchora  Spei."] 


388  Thomas   Vautrollier  s  Works. 

At  Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Vautroullier.  |  Anno.  1584.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — Bb^  Ccl  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
Aij — 6,  pp.  [10],  Preface;  A; — Bb7S  pp.  2-385  (p.  2  ison  A;^),  The 
Sicke  Mans  Salve  ;  Bb  7'^  blank  ;  Bb  8 — Cc  4,  pp.  [10],  The  Table. 

The  author  of  the  above  work,  Thomas  Beacon,  or  Becon,  was 
the  English  reformer  and  writer;  born  1511,  died  1570. 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  4401.  b.  26. 

1584  The  Historie  Of  |  Ivdith  In  Forme  |  Of  A  Poeme.  |  Penned  in 

176.    French,  by  the  Noble  Poet,  |  G.  Salust.  Lord  of  Bartas,  |  Englished 
by  Tho.  Hudson.  | 

Ye  learned  :  bind  your  browes  with  Laurer  band, 
I  prease  not  for  to  touch  it  with  my  hand. 
[Vautrollier's  small  device.] 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  by  Thomas  j  Vautroullier.  |  1584.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — G^  H^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
Aij — iij,  pp.  [4],  Dedication  to  James  VI.  ;  Aiiij,  pp.  [2],  Sonnets ; 
Av— 6^  pp.  [3],  To  the  Reader;  A  6'^  blank;  A  7— 8,  pp.  [4], 
Argvment  and  Sommarie ;  Bi — Hij^  pp.  1-96,  The  Historie  of 
ludith  ;  W\]^ — 4,  pp.  [5],   Table. 

This  work  is  a  translation,  undertaken  by  command  of  James  VI., 
of  the  French  poem  of  Guillaume  de  Saluste,  Sieur  du  Bartas.  It 
was  reprinted  by  Joshua  Sylvester  in  his  Du  Bartas  in  1608,  and  in 
the  subsequent  editions  of  161 1  and  16 13. 

There  is  a  copy  of  the  1584  edition  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  1067.  g.  19.,  and  another  copy,  formerly  Heber's,  in 
the  library  at  Britwell.  There  is  also  an  imperfect  copy  (wanting 
title)  in  Edinburgh   University  Library. 


Thomas   Vautrollier  s   Works.  389 

84  The  Essayes  Of  |  A  Prentise,  In  The  |  Divine  Art  Of  |  Poesie.  | 

7.   [Device  of  "Anchora  Spei."] 

Imprinted    at    Edinbrugh,    by    Thomas   |  Vautroullier.    ]  1584.  | 
Cvm  Privilegio  |  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  ^4  A — P4.  Collation: — ^, i''  Title,  ^i*^  "The 
Catalogve  Of  The  |  workis  heirin  conteined.  |  The  Tvvelf  Sonnets 
of  Inuocations  to  the  Goddis.  |  The  Vranie  or  heauenly  Muse 
translated.  |  The  Metaphoricall  Inuentioun  of  a  Tragedie,  callit 
Phoenix.  |  A  Paraphrasticall  translatioun  out  of  the  Poete  Lucane.  | 
A  treatise  of  the  airt  of  Scottis  Poesie.  ]  The  CI  1 1 1.  Psalme  of 
Dauid,  translated  out  of  |  Tremellius.  |  A  Poeme  of  Tyme.  |  " 
^ij*  Sonnet  by  T.  H.;  ^ij"^  Sonnet  by  R.  H.;  ^iij^  Sonnet  by  M.  W. ; 
.^iij''  Sonnet  by  M.  W.  F.  ;  ^iiij^  Sonnet  by  A.  M.  ;  .^j^iiij^  Verses  by 
H.  Rollock  ;  Ai=^  Acrostichon  by  Archbishop  Patrick  Adamson  ;  Ai'^ 
Epigramma  by  the  same  ;  A  2  is  a  blank  leaf;  A  3^  Ane  Qvadrain  ; 
A  3'' — C  i^  Twelve  Sonnets  ;  C  i^  blank  ;  0  2=^"  The  Vranie  |  trans- 
lated. I  ";  C  2^  blank;  C3 — O  2,  Poems,  as  in  "The  Catalogue"; 
O3  is  a  blank  leaf;  04* — P  a^^  "A  Table  Of  Some  Obscvre  | 
Wordis  With  Their  Sig-  |  nifications,  efter  the  ordour  of  |  the 
Alphabet "  ;  P  2*^  blank  ;  P  3^  Sonnet  of  the  Authour  ;  P  3  verso 
blank ;  P  4,  pp.  [2],  "  I  Have  Insert  For  |  The  Filling  Ovt  Of 
Thir  I  Vacand  Pageis,  The  Verie  |  wordis  of  Plinius  vpon  the  | 
Phcenix,  |  as  followis.  | 

There  appear  to  have  been  two  issues  of  King  James's  "Essayes," 
the  second  being  dated  1585.  Besides  the  alteration  in  the  date  on 
the  titlepage  to  1585,  several  leaves  present  variations  from  the  issue 
of  1584.  We  have  examined  two  copies  of  the  issue  of  1585,  and 
find  that  in  one  of  them  (British  Museum)  A3  has  no  ornament 
above  Ane  Qvadrain,  while  the  other  (Bodleian)  has  the  ornament 
as  in  1584  issue.      In  both  copies  the  catchword  on  H  i''  is  "Till," 


390  Thomas  Vautrolliers  Works. 

in  place  of  "Whill,"  which  is  the  correct  word,  and  is  in  1584  issue. 
In  the  British  Museum  copy  the  final  letter  of  the  first  line  of  G  2* 
is  I,  in  place  of  L  ;  the  Bodleian  copy  has  L,  which  is  correct,  and  is 
so  printed  in  the  1584  copies.  The  same  broken  letters  and  leads 
dropped  down  occur  in  both  issues. 

There  are  copies  with  the  date  1584  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  G.  11237.  ;  Trinity  College,  Cambridge;  Advocates' 
Library  and  University  Library,  Edinburgh  ;  and  copies  dated  1585 
in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  34.  g.  3. — and  in  the  Bodleian 
Library,  but  imperfect,  wanting  signature  C. 

1584  The  new  Godly  garden  (Prayers):  whereunto  is  ioyned  Bradford 

178-    against  the  feare  of  death. 

Printed  in  Edinburge  1584.  by  Thomas  Vautrollier. 

Sixteens.     Maunsell,  p.  85. 

From  Herbert,  p.  1503,  who  seems  to  have  known  it  only  from 
its  registration  by  Maunsell. 

1584  The  temporisour,  that  is  to  say,  the  obseruer  of  time,  or  he  that 

179.  changeth  with  the  time.  Compyled  in  Latin  by  the  excellent  clarke, 
Wolfangus  Musculus,  and  translated  into  French  by  maister  Valleran 
Pulleyn,  and  out  of  French  into  English  by  R.  P.      1555. 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  by  Thomas  Vautrollier.      1584. 

Sixteens.  The  above  is  taken  from  Herbert,  p.  1502,  who  has 
the  following  footnote  on  the  date  1555: — "When  it  was  printed 
beyond  sea.  See  it  in  our  Gen.  History  under  that  year.  The 
prefatory  epistle  by  the  said  R.  P.  to  that  foreign  edition  is  addressed 
to  'Ingland':  query  if  not  now  to  Scotland."  From  this  it  would 
appear  that  neither  Ames  nor  his  continuator  had  seen  the  edition 
of  1584. 


Thomas   Vautrollier  s   Works.  301 

585  An  1  Abridgement  |  Of  The  Institvtion  |  Of  Christian  Religion 

180.    I    written    by    M.    Ihon    Caluin.    |    Wherein    Briefe    And    ]   sound 

aunsvveres  to  the  obiections  of  |  the  aduersaries  are  set  dovvne.  I 

By    William    Lawne    minister   of   the    word    of   God.  |  Faithfullie 

translated  out  of  Latine  into  English  by  |  Christopher  Fetherstone 

Minister   of  |  the    word    of  God.    |    [Device    of   "  Anchora    Spei."] 

I.   Pet.  3.    15.    I   Be   alwayes    readie    to   aunswere   euerie   one    that 

demandeth  a  reason  of  the  |  hope  which  is  in  you,  with  lenitie  and 

reuerence.  I 

'  r> 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  by  Thomas  |  Vautrollier.    1585.  ]  Cvm 

Privilegio  Regali.  I 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  ^  A — Dd^  Ee^.  Collation  : — ^  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
^jj — iij,  pp.  [4],  Dedication  "  To  the  right  vertuous  and  godlie  ladie, 
the  ladie  Judeth  Pelham,"  dated  "  From  Maighfield  in  Sussex  this 
xvij.  of  Aprill.  1586  .  .  .  Christopher  Fetherstone";  ^iiij,  pp.  [2], 
"To  the  Christian  Reader";  ^5 — 6*,  pp.  [3],  "To  the  right 
worshipful]  M.  Richard  Martin,  Maister  of  her  Maiesties  mints, 
and  Alderman  of  the  most  famous  citie  of  London,"  dated  "At 
London  the  18  of  Februarie.  1583.  .  .  .  William  Lawne";  ^6''— A8, 
pp.  [21],  "  A  Generall  Table  "  ;  Bj— Cc  7,  pp.  1-398,  "An  Abridge- 
ment of  Calvins  Institvtions  "  ;  Cc  8 — Ee6,  pp.  [30],  "A  Table." 
At  foot  of  Ee6'^  there  is  a  woodcut  of  a  female  face,  with  a  cornucopia 
at  each  side. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  dedication  is  dated  1586,  whilst  the 
title  bears  the  date  1585.  The  latter  date  is  probably  a  misprint,  as 
in  other  two  editions,  dated  respectively  1586  and  1587,  the  date  of 
the  dedication  remains  unchanged. 

The  edition  dated  1586  is  not  in  our  opinion  printed  by  Vau- 
trollier.    The  titlepage  states  Edinburgh  as  the  place  of  publication, 


392  Thomas   Vautrolliers   Works. 

but  no  printer's  name  is  mentioned.      The  same  remarks  apply  to 
the  edition  of  1587. 

There  are  two  copies  of  Vautrolliers  edition  of  1585  in  the 
British  Museum — pressmarks,  G.  11822.  and  697.  c.  26. — and  there 
is  also  a  copy  in  the  Bodleian  Library.  A  copy  of  the  1586  edition 
is  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  one  of  the 
edition  of  1587  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,   3558.  a  a  a. 

1585  A   Declaratioun   Of  |  The    Kings    Maiesties    Inten-  |  tiovn   And 

181.    Meaning  To-  |  ward  The   Lait  Actis  Of  |  Parliament.  |  [Device  of 
"Anchora  Spei."] 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  by  Thomas  |  Vautroullier.  |  1585.  ] 
Cvm  Priuilegio  |  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — C4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — C  \^  Declaratiovn  ;  C  4^'  blank. 

In  the  same  year  another  edition  was  printed  "by  the  assignement 
of  Thomas  Vautroullier,"  but  without  his  device  on  the  titlepage,  as 
in  the  edition  printed  by  himself  The  following  is  a  description  of 
the  second  edition  : — A  Declaratiovn  |  Of  The  Kings  Maiesties  | 
Intentiovn  And  Meaning  |  Toward  The  Lait  Actis  |  Of  Parliament.  | 
[Square  arabesque  ornament]  Imprinted  at  Edinburgh,  by  the 
assignement  of  |  Thomas  Vautroullier.  |  1585.  |  Cvm  Privilegio  | 
Regali.  |  Quarto,  roman  letter,  with  signatures  A  B^  C^.  Ai  Title, 
verso  blank  ;  Aij — C  2^  The  Kings  Maiesties  Declaratiovn  ;  C  2'* 
blank. 

There  are  copies  of  the  first  edition  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  288.  a.  31. — Lambeth  Palace  Library,  Advocates'  Library, 
and  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh.  Copies  of  the  second 
edition  are  in  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  in  the  Bodleian 
Library. 


Thomas   Vautrollier s   Work<~.  393 

Herbert,  p.  1504,  remarks  : — "  It  was  printed  this  same  year  also 
in  English,  for  Thomas  Nelson,  in  8vo.,  entitled,  '  Treason  pretended 
against  the  King  of  Scots,  by  certain  Lordes  and  Gentlemen,  whose 
names  hereafter  followe.  With  a  Declaration  of  the  Kinges  maiesties 
Intention  to  his  last  Acts  of  Parliament:  which  openeth  fully  in  effect 
all  the  saide  Conspiracy.  Out  of  Skottish  into  English.'  Had. 
Miscel.,  VII,,  49." 


3  A 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 

ROBERT     WALDEGRAVE. 

\  LTHOUGH  our  concern  with  Waldegrave  as  a  Scottish 
-^  ^  printer  does  not  commence  until  towards  the  close  of  his 
career,  yet  we  shall  sketch  as  briefly  as  possible  the  facts  relating 
to  his  life,  so  far  as  they  have  been  recovered.  We  learn  from  the 
Stationers'  Registers  that  "Robert  Walgrave  the  Sonne  of  Ry chard 
walgrave  late  of  blacklay  in  the  Countye  of  Worcestre  yeoman 
Deceassed  hath  put  hym  self  apprentes  to  Wylliam  greffeth  Cetizen 
and  stacioner  of  London  /  from  the  feaste  of  the  nativite  of  saynte 
John  bapteste  [24  June]  anno  1568  viij  yeres."  * 

No  notice  has  been  found  of  Waldegrave  obtaining  the  freedom 
of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  as  there  is  unfortunately  a  gap  in  the 
Registers  at  the  period  when  his  apprenticeship  would  expire.  We 
find,  however,  from  the  same  source  that  on  January  loth,  1 580-1, 
Waldegrave  had  been  a  master  printer  eight  years  at  Lady  day  in 
Lent  next. 

In  a  list  of  "printers  in  London  keping  presses,  and  the  number 
of  the  same  presses,"  compiled  in  1583,  Waldegrave  is  entered  as 
having  two  presses.  This  would  represent  a  fair  amount  of  business, 
as  Barker,  the  Queen's  Printer,  had  no  greater  number  than  five 
presses,  and  several  of  the  printers  mentioned  had  only  one.     The 

*  .S/iilioi!crs'  Rci^ris/ers,  .■/.,  f.   jyo^'. 


Robert   Waldegrave.  395 

large  number  of  works  printed  by  him,  and  the  numerous  entries  in 
the  Register  of  books  licensed  to  him  between  17th  June,  1578,  and 
13th  May,  1588,  represent  a  large  amount  of  work  executed  by  him 
in  London  prior  to  his  persecution  for  the  part  he  took  in  printing 
the  Marprelate  books. 

On  the  1st  of  December,  1578,  Waldegrave  was  fined  by  a  court 
of  the  Stationers'  Company  "  for  that  he  tooke  a  prentis  and  bound 
and  inroled  him  without  lycence  and  presenting  him  not.  contrary  to 
th[e]  ordennances  of  this  cumpany,"  *  but  no  sum  is  stated. 

On  the  i6th  January,  1 580-1,  we  learn  from  the  same  source  that 
"  Henry  Kildale  sone  of  Henry  Kildale  of  Barrowe  in  the  county 
of  Darby  laborer  Hathe  putt  him  self  apprentice  to  Robert  walgraue 
Staconer  for  Eight  yeres  from  our  Ladie  Daie  in  lent  next  [25 
March,  i58i]"t;  and,  on  the  7th  of  August  of  the  same  year, 
"  Edward  vngle  apprentice  to  henry  myddleton  Staconer  is  put 
ouer  to  Robert  Walgraue  Staconar  To  serue  out  the  Rest  of  his 
prentiship  yett  to  com."  \ 

In  the  Cash  Abstract  for  the  year,  10  July,  1582 — 10  July,  1583, 
there  is  "  An  obligacon  of  Robert  wal[de]graue  of  40"  to  the 
cumpanie  Concerninge  the  not  printing  of  any  thing  in  master 
Seres  priuilege."§  This  entry  is  repeated  in  the  Abstracts  for  the 
three  following  years.  || 

During  the  year  ending  loth  July,  1584,  the  Company  "  lente 
this  yere  by  consent  of  a  courte  of  Assistantes  to  Robert  waldegraue 
vpon  his  bond  and  george  Bryar  surety  with  him  Due  ye  24  of 
June  1584  vi'/"11  ;  and,  in  the  Cash  Abstract  for  the  same  year, 
Waldegrave's  obligation  for  the  same  sum  appears  as  an  asset  of 
the  Company.      The  loan  appears  to  have  been  cleared  off,  for  in 

*  Stationers''  Registers,  B.,  /.  406^:  t  //'/</.,  B.,  f.  34K  X  Ibid.,  B.,  f.  j(5^. 

§  Ibid.,  A.,  f.  2j^.  II  Ibid.,  A.,  ff.  338,  240!;  243.  If  Ibid.,  A.,  f.  236K 


39^  Robert   Waldegrave. 

the  Cash  Abstract  for  the  year  ending  loth  July,  1585,  is  this 
entry: — "receaved  by  Consente  of  a  full  Courte  of  Assistantes  in 
full  payement  of  v''  lente  vnto  Robert  waldegrave  ye  laste  yere,  as 
in  ye  wardens  accompte  of  the  last  yere  is  menconed  iiij"  /  "  * 

On  the  4th  of  October,  1586,  "  Robert  walgraue  this  Day  before 
the  cumpanye  in  open  court  Dothe  assigne  and  grant  vnto  william 
kinge  citizen  and  staconer  of  London  /  all  the  whoUe  terme  of 
apprentyship  that  Thomas  Hawe  hathe  to  serue  with  him  of  the 
terme  of  yeres  to  comme  conteyned  in  his  Indenture  of  apprentishod/ 
And  all  his  Right  and  interest  to  the  service  of  the  said  Thomas 
hawe  his  prentise  /  "  t 

We  can  do  little  else  than  notice,  in  passing,  the  connection 
between  Waldegrave  and  the  authors  of  the  Martin  Marprelate 
works.  The  printer  was  prosecuted  by  the  government,  his  types 
destroyed,  his  press  cut  in  pieces,  and  he  himself  kept  a  prisoner 
for  twenty  weeks  in  the  White  Lion.  Numerous  references  to  the 
treatment  which  Waldegrave  met  with  are  to  be  found  in  the  tracts 
written  by  the  puritans. 

In  the  tract  entitled  "Oh!  read  over  D.  John  Bridges,  for  it  is  a 
worthy  worke,"  "  a  contrast  is  drawn  between  the  usage  Waldegrave 
received  and  that  which  a  printer  named  Thackwell,  who  had  printed 
popish  books  in  Wales,  had  received  "  : — "  Thackwell  is  at  libertie  to 
walke  where  he  will,  and  permitted  to  make  the  most  he  could  of  his 
presse  and  letters  :  whereas  Robert  Waldegrave  dares  not  shew  his 
face  for  the  blood thirstie  desire  you  have  for  his  life,  oncly  for 
printing  of  bookes  which  toucheth  the  bishops  Myters.  You  know 
that  Waldegrave's  printing  presse  and  letters  were  taken  away  :  his 
presse  being  timber  was  sawen  and  hewed  in  pieces  :  the  yron  worke 
battered  and  made  unserviceable  ;  his  letters  melted,  with  cases  and 
other  tooles  defaced  (by  John  Woolfe,  alias  Machivell,  Beadle  of  the 

*  Stationers'  Resisters,  A.,/.  zj8l>.  ■y  Ibid.,  B.,/.JJ. 


Robert   Waldegrave.  397 

Stacioners,  and  most  tormenting  executioner  of  Waldegrave's  goods) 
and  he  himself  utterly  deprived  of  ever  printing  againe,  having  a 
wife  and  sixe  small  children."  The  following  entries  of  payments  to 
John  Wolfe  are  in  a  measure  explained  by  the  previous  sentence  : — 
"  Delyvered  to  John  wolf  the  xvj"^  of  Apryll  [1589]  to  goe  to 
Croydon  to  my  Lordes  grace  about  wal[de]graue  iiij=  /  "  *  "  Paid  to 
lies  the  [apjparatour  for  wal[de]graves  matter  by  the  handes  of  John 
Wolfe,  iij^  iiij''.  /  "  t 

The  Star  Chamber  having  pronounced  a  decree  against  Walde- 
grave, the  Company  of  Stationers  had  no  choice  but  to  aid  the 
Court  in  carrying  out  the  sentence.  Accordingly,  on  the  13th  May, 
1588,  "Whereas  Mr.  Caldock,  warden,  Tho.  Woodcock,  Oliver 
Wilkes,  &  John  Wolf,  on  the  16  of  April  last,  vpon  search  of 
Rob.  Walgraues  house,  did  seise  of  his  &  bring  to  Stationers'  hall, 
according  to  the  late  decrees  of  the  Starre  chamber,  and  by  vertue 
thereof  A  presse  with  twoo  paire  of  cases,  with  certaine  Pica 
Romane,  &  Pica  Italian  letters,  with  diuers  books  entituled  :  The 
State  of  the  Churche  of  England  laid  open  &c.  For  that  the  said 
Walgraue  without  aucthority,  and  contrary  to  the  said  Decrees  had 
printed  the  said  book.  Yt  is  now  in  full  Court — ordered  &  agreed 
by  force  of  the  said  decrees  &  according  to  the  same,  That  the  said 
books  shall  be  burnte,  and  the  said  presse,  letters  &  printing  stufife 
defaced  and  made  vnseruiceable."  \ 

Driven  out  of  London,  Waldegrave  must  have  led  a  perilous  and 
a  miserable  life.  He  was  hunted  from  one  place  to  another,  and  was 
constantly  in  danger  of  capture  and  death.  The  government  appears 
to  have  used  every  means  to  discover  the  printer  of  the  seditious 
but  clever  tracts,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  "Secret  report  to 

*  stationers'  Registers,  A.,  f.  248^.  f  Ibiii.,  A.,/.  262. 

X  Herbert'' s   TypograpJtical  Antiquities,  p.  II4S- 


398  Robert  TValdegrave. 

Lord  Burghley  of  the  Authors  of  the  Martin  Marprelate  tracts,"  of 
date  2 1  St  September,  1589  : — 

"  Breife  instructions  towchinge  the  Printer  and  place  of  Printinge 
the  .  3.  first  bookes  of  Martin  and  ye  Minerall  Conclusions,  all  beinge 
printed  in  a  Dutch  letter  [type]. 

"  It  is  discovered,  that  one  comminge  aboute  Hallowen-tyde 
[i  November  1588],  and  allso  about  Candlemas  last  [2  February 
1589]  to  an  acquayntance  of  his  at  Northampton,  was  both  the 
sayde  tymes  broughte  by  his  sayde  frende  to  Sir  Richard  Knightleys 
to  see  the  Printer  of  Martin,  viz  Robarte  Walde-grave,  of  whom  at 
both  the  sayde  tymes  he  receyved  some  of  the  Libells  newlye  printed. 
He  was  ofifred  by  his  sayde  frende  to  see  allso  Martin,  as  he  termed 
him  ;  but  he  did  not,  because  he  coulde  not  staye. 

"One  of  Sir  Richarde  Knightleys  men  beinge  at  wyne  about 
Easter  last  [30  March  1589]  with  an  acquayntance  of  his  in  London, 
tolde  him  that  he  had  then  brought  vp  from  his  sayde  Master  to  the 
Earle  of  Hertforde  a  letter  and  a  litle  packett  of  writinges  or  bookes, 
which  when  ye  Earle  had  seene,  he  willed  the  servante  to  tell  his 
brother  from  him,  that  '  he  liked  not  that  course '  :  addinge,  '  that  as 
they  shoote  at  Bishopps  now,  so  will  they  doe  at  the  Nobilitie  also, 
if  they  be  suffred.' 

"The  sayde  servante  then  also  told  vnto  his  acquayntance  that 
the  bookes  were  printed  there  ;  that  Martin  was  there,  and  went 
apparelled  in  greene,  and  that  ye  paper,  or  such  thinges  they  needed 
was  allwayes  sent  downe  from  a  Spurrier  [a  maker  of  spurs] 
dwellinge  about  Pie  Corner  neere  West  Smythfeild,  who  sent  thither 
and  receyved  thinges  from  thence. 

"  Master  Baker  of  Northampton  tolde  Sharpe,  that  some  of  the 
Libells  were  printed  at  Sir  Richard  Knightleys,  and  so  there  was  a 
speeche.     [John]  Penrye  resorted  much  to  Sir  Richard  Knightleys. 


Robert  Waldegrave.  399 

"  Towchinge  the  printinge  of  the  two  last  Lebells  in  a  htle 
Romaine  and  Italiane  letter  [type]. 

"  The  letter  that  these  be  printed  in,  is  the  same  that  did  printe 
the  Demonstration  of  Discipline  aboute  Midsommer  was  twelve 
moneth  [24  June  1588],  which  was  printed  by  VV aide-grave  neere 
Kingston  vpon  Thames,  as  is  discovered. 

"When  his  other  letters  [type]  and  presse  were  defaced  about 
Easter  was  twelve  moneth  [7  April  1588],  he  saved  these  lettres 
[type]  in  a  boxe  vnder  his  Cloke  [cloak],  and  brought  them  to 
Mistris  Cranes  howse  in  London,  as  is  allso  confessed  ;  and  they 
are  knowen  by  printers  to  be  Walde-graues  letters  [type] :  And  it  is 
the  same  letters  that  was  taken  with  Hodgkys  .  .  .  ."  * 

It  is  useful  to  revert  to  the  other  side  for  evidence  of  the  cruel 
usage  received  by  Waldegrave  prior  to  his  leaving  England.  In  a 
tract  called  "  A  Dialogue  wherin  is  plainly  laide  open  the  tyrannicall 
dealings  of  L.  Bishopps  against  Gods  children  .  .  .  ."  Jack  of 
Both-sides  inquires  of  the  Minister — 

"  Master  Vicker,  how  long  was  it  since  Waldegraves  goods  were 
destroyed  ?     I  have  heard  of  him  before  now,  but  I  know  him  not. 

"■Minister.  Tush !  you  knowe  him  well  enough,  I  am  sure  :  it  is 
since  his  goodes  weere  destroied  about  Ester  was  a  twelve  moneth. 

''Jack.     And  hath  he  bene  all  this  time  absent  from  his  family  .•* 

"Minister.  I,  sir  ;  and  if  he  had  bin  there,  he  would  easily  have 
bin  had,  for  he  hath  bin  watcht  well  enough  for  that. 

" Puritane.  I  will  tell  you,  sir,  how  they  deale  with  him  :  when 
they  have  any  suspition  that  he  is  at  home,  although  he  durst  never 
come  home,  they  sticke  not,  in  the  dead  time  of  the  night,  to  breake 
downe  the  maine  walles  of  his  house,  and  enter  with  constables  and 
pursivants  :  and  this  is  a  common  thing  with  them. 

*  Lansd.  MS.  6i,  Art.  22. 


400  Robert   IValdegi'ave. 

''Jack.  I  am  perswaded  the  Bishops  had  bin  better  to  have 
given  him  freely  two  hundred  pounds  towards  the  setting  up  of  a 
newe  printing  house  for  himselfe,  then  to  have  destroied  his  as  long 
as  they  have  done." 

Waldegrave's  apprentices  in  London  were  put  over  to  other 
masters  on  5th  August,  1589,  and  12th  January,  1591,*  and  one  of 
them  was  admitted  a  freeman  on  the  4th  November,  1594.  t 

Previous  to  his  arrival  in  Scotland,  Waldegrave  printed  several 
books  for  the  Martinists  at  Rochelle.  His  abode  there  cannot  have 
been  for  any  lengthened  period,  for  we  find  his  press  actively 
engaged  in  Edinburgh  during  the  year  1590.  In  that  same  year 
he  was  appointed  King's  Printer,  \  and  received  a  license  which 
extended  to  his  heirs,  for,  in  1604,  his  widow,  with  consent  of 
his  children,  disposed  of  his  privilege.  Waldegrave's  license, 
although  it  included  sonnets,  pamphlets,  ballads,  acts  of  parliament, 
and  other  acts,  did  not  preclude  Sir  John  Skene  from  employing 
any  other  printer,  as  set  forth  in  the  privilege  granted  by  King 
James  VI.   to  Sir  John,  on   ist  March,    1597. 

There  is  little  of  interest  to  record  during  Waldegrave's  residence 
in  Edinburgh.  The  number  of  works  printed  by  him  appears  to  be 
large  as  compared  with  some  of  the  earlier  printers,  but  perhaps 
their  preservation  is  accounted  for  by  reason  of  their  being  of  a  less 
popular  character.  The  printer  was  tried  for  treasonable  printing  on 
the  2nd  February,  1596-7,  but,  from  the  following  account  of  the 
case,  he  appears  to  have  been  entirely  innocent  of  wrongdoing  : — 
"Feb.   2,    1596-7. — Robert  Waldegraif,   Prentar  to  his  Maiestie. 

"The  quhilk  day,  Robert  Waldgraif,  Prentar  to  his  Maiestie,  being 
enterit  on  pannell,  accusit  and  persewit  be  Mr.  Williame  Hairt 
aduocat  to  our  souerane  lord,  ffor  the  tressonabill  Imprenting  of  ane 

'Stationers'  Registers,   /V., /.  64^',  61/'.  \  IhiJ.,  />.,_/".  34. 

X  It  should  be  nolcd  that  Kolicrt  Clmrtcris  styles  himself  " Typographus  Regius"  in  16(30. 


Robert   Waldegrave.  40 1 

alledgeit  Act  of  his  hienes  Parliament,  as  sett  furth  be  his  Maiestie 
and  thre  estaitis  of  Parliament,  haldin  att  Edinburgh  the  penult  day 
of  Maij  1592,  intitulat,  '  fibr  the  abolisching  of  the  Actis  concerning 
the  Kirk '  ;  and  tressonablie  vitiat,  adulterat  and  alterit  fra  the 
originall  Act  of  Parliament,  votit  and  agreit  vpoune  be  his  hienes 
and  thre  estaitis  in  the  Parliament  foirsaid,  contenit  in  the  Register 
of  his  hienes  Actis  of  Parliament,  dewlie  thaireftir  publeischit :  ffor 
the  quhilk  tressonabill  cryme  [he]  is  wardat,  to  be  pwneist  be  tinsel 
of  lyffe,  landis  and  guidis. 

"  The  said  Robert  Waldgraif  declairit,  be  his  ayth,  in  presens  of 
God  in  heavin,  that  the  said  Act  of  Parliament  quhairvpoun  he  is 
challangeit,  wes  newir  formit,  vitiat  or  alterit  be  him,  nor  na  vther 
of  his  knawledge  :  and  forder  declaris,  that  sa  far  as  his  memorie  can 
serue  him,  quhilk  is  now  waik,  in  respect  of  his  infirmitie  and  lang 
seiknes,  that  the  said  Act  wes  send  and  delyuerit  to  him  be  ane  in 
the  Clark  of  Registeris  name,  quhome  he  supponis  to  haif  bene  his 
seruand  for  the  tyme  ;  as  he  sal  ansuer  to  God  in  the  latter  day : 
And  gif  ony  wrang  be  done,  in  the  altering  of  the  said  Act,  the 
samin  is  done  be  him  quha  brocht  it  to  the  said  Robert  and  without 
his  knawledge :  And  forder  declarit,  that  he  had  his  Maiesteis 
Warrand,  to  prent  all  the  Actis  of  Parliament  concerning  the  Kirk, 
quhairof  he  tuik  this  to  be  ane  :  And  nochttheles,  insafar  as  his 
Maiestie  is  offendit,  or  fault  may  be  imput  to  him  in  the  mater,  he 
becumis  in  his  Maiesteis  will  and  mercy  ;  declairing  vpoun  his  sauU 
and  conscience,  he  newir  offendit  his  Maiestie,  in  thocht,  word  or  deed. 

"  The  Justice-deput  continewit  to  tak  the  said  Robert  in  will,  vntill 
he  knew  his  Maiesties  mynd. 

"  Persewar,   Mr.  Williame  Haert  aduocat. 

"  Feb.  4. — The  Aduocat  produceit  ane  Warrand  direct  to  the 
Justice,  Justice  Clark  or  his  deputis,  to  put  Robert  Waldrave  to  the 
tryell  of  ane  Assyse  ;  quhairof  the  tennour  followis.* 

*  Most  unfortunately,  this  interesting  document  is  not  inserted  in  any  part  of  the  Record  preserved. 

3  i^ 


402  Robert   Waldegrave. 

"  The  Assyse  being  sworne,  the  Aduocat  produceit  the  Act  of 
Parliament  prentit  be  him  selfif,  acknawledgeit  be  him,  confest  addit 
to  the  buik  produceit,  att  the  leist  prentit  svmtime  eftir  the  rest : 
And  forder  produceis  the  extract  of  the  rycht  Act  of  Parhament; 
vnder  the  subscriptioun  of  the  Clark  Register,  far  different  fra  the 
viciat  and  adulterat  Act. 

"The  said  Robert  Waldrave  ansuerit,  that  he  had  the  Kingis 
Warrand  for  prenting  of  the  haill  Actis  concerning  the  Kirk  ;  and 
alledgeit  that  the  Clerk  of  Registeris  or  sum  (ane)  brocht  the  said 
Act,  in  his  name,  to  be  prentit ;  bot  he  can  nocht  declair  the  manis 
name  quha  brocht  it.  It  is  ansuerit  be  the  aduocat,  that  gif  ony 
Warrand  be  had  of  his  Maiestie,  it  wes  ane  generall  Warrand  gewin 
to  him,  before  he  prentit  the  buik  ;  bot  had  na  Warrand  to  prent  this 
Act,  quhilk  wes  prentit  eftir  the  prenting  of  the  buik.  The  said 
Robert  produceit  ane  Gift  vnder  the  Previe  seill,  geving  him  Licence 
to  prent  the  Actis  of  Parliament. 

"  The  Assyse,  in  ane  voce,  chuse  James  Skeddowie  (merchand  in 
Edinburgh)  chancillar. 

"Verdict.  The  Assyise,  in  ane  voce,  ffyles  the  said  Robert 
Waldgrave,  for  the  tressonable  Imprenting  of  ane  alledgeit  Act  of 
his  hienes  Parliament,  as  sett  furth  be  his  Maiestie  and  thre  Estaitis, 
in  the  Parliament  haldin  att  Ed',  the  penult  day  of  Maij,  the  yeir  of 
God  I"".  V'^.  fourscoir  and  tuell  yeirs,  intitulat  '  anent  the  aboleisching 
of  the  Actis  contrar  the  libertie  of  the  trew  Kirk  and  aboleisching  of 
the  jurisdictioune,  penultimo  Maij  1592.'  and  tressonablie  viciat, 
adulterat  and  alterit  fra  the  originall  Act  of  Parliament,  votit  and 
agreit  vpoun  be  his  hienes  and  thre  estatis  in  the  Parliament  foirsaid; 
contenit  in  the  Register  of  his  hienes  Act  of  Parliament,  dewlie 
thaireftir  publeischit."  * 

*  Roll.  Pi/caini,  Criminal  Trials,    Vol,  ii. ,  /.  2. 


Robert   Waldegrave.  403 

"Feb.  21. — Mr.  Johnne  Howicsoune,  Minister  att  Cambuslang. 
...  he  delyuerit  the  said  fals  Act  in  the  moneth  of  Maij  or  thairby, 
...  to  Robert  Wadgrave,  prentar,  moveit,  perswadit,  vrgeit  and 
intysit  the  said  Robert  to  imprent  the  samin  and  publeis  itt  .  .  ."  * 
::  When  King  James  succeeded  to  the  English  crown,  Waldegrave 
returned  to  London.  This  is  proved  from  the  fact  that  books 
bearing  his  Edinburgh  imprint  are  not  found  of  later  date  than  1603; 
and,  on.  the  nth  June  of  that  same  year,  "Robert  Wal[de]grave 
Entred  for  his  copie  vnder  the  handes  of  the  Lord  Bysshop  of 
London  and  the  wardens  The  Tenne  commaundementes  with  the 
Kynges  Armes  at  Large  quartered  as  they  are."  t 

Waldegrave  did  not  long  survive  his  return  to  England,  for  he 
died  during  the  following  year.  On  the  6th  of  August,  1604, 
"  Lancelot  Brier  late  prentise  to  Robert  Wal[de]graue  deceased  is 
by  the  consent  of  Mystres  Wal[de]graue  putt  ouer  to  master  humfrey 
Lownes  to  serue  out  the  residue  of  the  terme  of  his  apprentiship 
with  the  said  humfrey  Lownes  which  is  iij  yeres  from  christmas 
next  [25  December]  1604."  \ 

Mention  of  Waldegrave's  "widow  occurs  again  in  the  Registers  on 
the  1st  October,  1604.  Qn  that  day  her  apprentice  "  Raffe  Pigge 
sworne  and  admitted  A  freman  of  this  Company."  § 

Waldegrave  used  as  a  device  a  swan  standing  upon  a  wreath, 
with  the  motto  "  God  is  my  helper "  surrounding  it  in  an  oval 
compartment.  The  locality  of  his  printing  office  in  Edinburgh  has 
not  been  discovered.  The  following  list  of  his  London  imprints  is 
taken  from  Herbert's  Typographical  Antiquities  : — 
158;  "without  Temple-bar,  near  vnto  Somerset-house." 
1582  "dwelling  without  Temple-bar,  in  the  Strand,  neere  unto 
Somerset-house. 

*  Rob.  Pihaini,    Criminal  Trials,    Vol.  ii.,  p.  14. 
i  Stationers'  Registers,   C,  f.  97.  X  H'id.,  B.,  f.  I2jl:  %  Ibiii.,  B.,  f.  jji!'. 


404  Robert  Waldegrave. 

1583  "dwelling   in    Foster    Lane,    ouer   against   Gold-smiths    Hal, 
at  the  signe  of  the  George." 

1585  "without  Temple-barre  neere  Somerset-house." 

1586  "  without  Temple-bar." 

n.d.     "to  be  sold  at  his  shop  at  the  Signe  of  the  Crane  in  Paules 
Church  Yard." 
"at  the  White  Horse  in  Cannon-lane."     Herbert  remarks  on 
this  last — "  according  to  an  addition  in  the  margin  by  Mr.  Ames  ; 
but  no  book  with  such  a  direction  has  yet  come  to  my  sight." 

In  concluding  this  sketch  of  Waldegrave's  life,  we  have  pleasure 
in  acknowledging  the  frequent  use  we  have  made  of  Professor 
Arber's  "Transcript  of  the  Stationers'  Registers,"  and  of  his 
"  Introductory  Sketch  to  the  Martin  Marprelate  Controversy." 


CHAPTER  XXXII. 

ROBERT    WALDEGRAVE'S    DATED     WORKS. 

15S9  A  1  Spiritvall  |  Propine  Of  A  |  Pastour  to  his  People.  |  Heb. 
[1598]    -^  5.     12.  ]  You    whom    it    behooueth    because    of    time   to    be 

183.  teachers,  hes  |  neede  againe  to  be  taught  the  elements  of  the 
speaches  of  God.  |  lam.  i.  |  19  And  sa  my  beloued  brethren,  let 
all  men  be  swift  to  |  heare,  slaw  to  speake,  slaw  to  wrath.  |  21. 
And  casting  away  all  filth,  &  excrement  of  euill,  with  |  meekenes, 
receiue  the  ingraft  Word,  whilk  saues  your  saules.  |  22.  And  be  you 
doers  of  the  Word,  and  not  hearers  onely,  |  beguiling  your  selues.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue  Printer  to  the  | 
Kingis  Majestic.    1589.  |  Cum   Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — Y4  Collation  : — A  1=^  Title  ;  i^"  The  Contents  ; 
A  2 — 4  Epistle  Dedicatorie  ;  Bi — 2  Sonnets;  B3 — H  2^  pp.  6-51 
(p.  6  on  B  3'^),  The  Propine ;  H  2^  The  saules  delight,  in  verse ; 
H  y-  "  A  I  Morning  Vi-  |  sion :  |  Or,  Poeme  For  The  Practise  j  Of 
Pietie,  In  Devotion,  Faith  |  and  Repentance:  |  Wherein  The 
Lordes  Prayer,  |  Beleefe,  and  Commands,  and  sa  the  whole  Ca-  | 
techisme,  and  right  vse  thereof,  is  |  largely  exponed.  |  Edinbvrgh,  | 
Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue  Printer  to  the  |  Kings  Maiestie.  | 
Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  |  "  Sonnet  to  James  VI.  on  verso.  H  4 
(marked  I) — Y4'',  pp.  53-150,  A  Morning  Vision,  &c.  ;  Y4''  blank. 


4o6  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

This  is  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  writings  of  James  Melville, 
and,  although  dated  on  the  titlepage  15S9,  yet  the  real  date  is  1598, 
as  given  in  the  Epistle  Dedicatorie  "  From  Ansteruther,  the  20  day 
of  Nouember,  1598."  For  an  account  of  this  interesting  work,  see 
M'Crie's  "Life  of  Melville,"  1856,  p.  444.  It  is  of  extreme  rarity, 
the  only  copy  known  to  us  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
C.   i^.  c.    14. 

1590  Gratiarvm  Actio  [  Ob  Pro-  |  fligatam  Hi-  |  spanorvm  Clas-  |  sem 

183.  Qvae  Ecclesiae  |  Dei  in  vtroq  ;  Britannia;  |  regno  extremam  vasti-  | 
tatem  minata  est :  |  [Square  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  |  Robertus  Walde-graue.  |  Anno  1590.  \ 
Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words and  signatures.  It  is  probable  that  the  tract  originally 
consisted  of  eight  leaves,  of  which  the  first  and  last  were  blank,  as 
l;hese  are  wanting  in  the  copy  examined.  The  title  is  surrounded 
with  a  border,  and  has  on  the  reverse  verses  to  Mr.  Robert  Bruce, 
Minister  in  Edinburgh,  to  whom  the  author,  Johannes  Belus, 
dedicates  the  work.  The  poem  itself  occupies  five  leaves,  and  is 
in  Latin  elegiac  verse. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
Edinburgh. 

1590  The   Confes-  |  sion    Of    Faith,  |  Svbscrived    By    The  |  Kingis 

184.  Maiestie  |  and  his  Houshold :  |  Togither  With  |  The  Copie  Of 
The  Bande,  |  maid  touching  the  maintenance  of  the  true  Religion,  | 
the  Kingis  Majesties  person  and  estate,  &c. :  Seuerally  |  to  be 
Subscriued  by  all  Noblemen,  Barrons,  gen-  |  tlemen  and  otheris, 
according  to  the  tenor  of  |  the  acte  of  secret  Counsell,  and  Com-  | 
missionis  therein  contayned,  |  as  heirafter  fol-  |  loweth.  [  loshva. 
24  25.  I  So  Joshua  made  a  couenant  with  the  people  the  same  day. 


Robert   Waldcgrave  s  Dated  Works.  407 

and  gaue  them  |  an  ordinance  and  lavve  in  Shechem.  ]  2.  King. 
II.  17.  I  And  lehojada  made  a  couenant  betvveene  the  Lord,  and 
the  king  and  the  |  people,  that  they  should  be  the  Lordes  people : 
likewise  betvveene  the  king  and  the  people.  ]  Isaiah.  44.  5.  |  One 
shall  say  I  am  the  Lordes :  another  shalbe  called  by  the  name  of 
laa-  I  cob :  and  another  shall  subscriue  with  his  hand  vnto  the 
Lord,  &c.  I 

At  Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-grave,  |  Anno  Dom. 
1590.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  signa- 
tures A^  B^  C4  D^.  Only  the  first  leaf  of  each  sheet  is  signed. 
Collation : — A  i^  Title  ;  i^'  "  The  Priviledge  granted  |  to  the 
Printer.  |  ";  A  2 — 4=^  The  Confession;  A  4^  "The  Kingis  Ma-  | 
iesties  charge  ..."  A  5 — 6  blank,  but  for  the  heading  to  each  page, 
"  The  Svbscrivers  Vnto  The  |  Confession  Of  Faith.  |  "  ;  B  i — 2 
The  Generall  Band;  B  3 — 4  blank,  except  the  heading  to  each  page, 
"  The  Svbscrivers  Vnto  The  |  Generall  Band.  |  "  ;  B  5— D  i  "  The 
Act  of  Se-  I  creit  Covnsaill,"  dated  "  At  Edinburgh  the  saxt  of 
Marche  .  .  .    1589."     D  2  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

"  The  Priviledge  granted  to  the  Printer,"  which  is  on  the  reverse 
of  the  titlepage,  is  as  follows  : — 

"  The  Lordis  of  the  Secreit  Counsell  grants  and  geuis  licence  & 
Priuiledge,  be  thir  presents,  to  Robert  Walde-graue,  to  Imprent,  or 
cause  to  be  imprentit,  the  Confessioun  of  Faith,  togidder  with  the 
generall  Band,  maid  touching  the  maintenance  of  true  Religioun, 
the  Kingis  Majesties  persoun  and  Estate,  and  withstanding  of  al 
forraine  preparations  and  forcis,  tending  to  the  troubill  thairof  As 
also  the  Acte  of  secreit  Counsell,  Conteyning  a  Commissioun  to 
certaine  Nobill  men,  Barons,  and  vthers :  for  serching,  seeking, 
apprehending,  and  pursute  of  Papists,  Jesuits,  Seminarie  Priestis, 
and  Excommunicate  personis  :  with  the  like  Commissioun  to  certaine 


4o8  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Ministers  of  Gods  word,  To  receive  de  novo,  the  subscriptions  of  al 
Nobill  men,  Barons,  gentlemen,  and  vthers  his  highnes  liegis,  of 
quhatsumeuer  degree,  to  the  said  generall  Band.  For  the  Imprinting 
of  quhilk  Band,  act  of  secret  counsell,  &  confession  forsaid,  the  said 
lords  decerns,  and  declars,  that  the  saide  Robert  sail  not  be  callit,  or 
accusit,  criminalie,  nor  ciuilie,  be  any  maner  of  way  in  time  cumming. 
Nor  incur  na  skaith,  or  danger  in  his  person,  lands,  or  guds.  Bot 
the  samin  salbe  countit  &  estemit  gud  &  acceptable  seruice  vnto  his 
Majestie,  tending  to  the  aduancement  of  Gods  glorie,  &  common 
weale  of  this  realme.  Exonering  him  be  thir  presents,  of  all  paine 
&  danger  that  he  may  incur  thairthrow  for  euer.  Discharging  be 
their  samin  presents,  all  and  sundrie  ludges  and  ministers  of  his 
hignes  lavvis,  &  vthers  his  Majesties  liegis  and  subjects  quhatsum- 
ever :  Of  al  calling,  accusing,  troubling,  pursuing,  or  in  anye  wise 
proceeding  against  the  saide  Robert,  for  the  cause  foresaide,  and  of 
their  offices  in  that  part'.  Subscriuit  be  the  saide  Lordis,  at  Edin- 
burgh, the  xiij.  day  of  March  :  the  zeir  of  God,  ane  thousand  hue 
hundred  fourescore  nine  zeiris." 

The  work  itself  commences  with  this  head  title — "  Ane  schort 
and  I  generall  confession  of  |  the  trevv  Christiane  Faith  |  and 
Religion,  according  to  Godis  worde  and  actis  of  |  Parliamentis, 
subscriued  be  the  Kingis  Maiestie  and  |  his  househoide,  with 
sundrie  vtheris,  to  the  glorye  |  of  God  and  good  example  of  all 
men.  At  E-  |  dinburgh  the  28  day  of  lanuarie:  The  |  zere  of  God, 
1580.  And  the  foure-  |  tene  zere  of  his  Male-  |  sties  raigne." 
Annexed  is  "The  Kingis  Ma-  |  iesties  Charge  to  all  |  commissioners 
and  mi-  |  nisters  within  this  Realme.  |  At  Halyrudhous,  1580.  the  2. 
day  of  March,  the  14.  yere  of  our  raigne.  | 

Copies  are  in  the  libraries  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
Lambeth   Palace,  and  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,   Edinburgh. 

This    Confession   was  also  printed   without  place   or  date,    and 


Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  409 

again  at  London  by  Robert  W^lldegrave  without  date.  Besides 
these,  an  edition  was  printed  in  roman  letter,  at  London,  for  Thomas 
Man,  20th  June,  1580. 

1590  Schediasmata  |  Hadr.  Dam-  |  manis  A  Bis-  |  terveld  Gan-  | 
185.  davensis.  |  L  De  Nvptiis  |  Serenissimi  Po-  |  tentissimiqve  Scot. 
Regis  I  lacobi  VL  [  Et  Serenissimae  Virginis  |  Annae  Friderici  IL 
Daniae,  |  Nordvegiae  Et  C.  |  Regis  F.  |  IL  De  Tempestate,  qua; 
sponsam  Regiam  nauigantem  repulit.  |  IIL  In  Atheos  Elegia.  | 
IV.  In  Regis  Nauigationem  Danicam  Emblema.  |  V.  De  Coronatione 
Reginse  Scotorum  Annae.  |  VI.  De  Introitu  eius  in  primariam  Regni 
vrbem  Edinburgum.  1 

Edinbvrgi  j  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Waldegraue  An.  Dom. 
1590.  I  Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A4  B^  B — H4  1 2.  Collation  : — A  i  Title, 
verso  blank  ;  A  2="  Dedication  to  John  Maitland,  Lord  Thirlestane  ; 
A  2^ — B  2^  Greek  and  Latin  verses,  with  the  small  device  formerly 
used  by  John  Ross  at  foot  of  B  2^ ;  B  2*^  is  blank.  Then  the  second 
sheet  signed  Bi — I  2,  De  Nvptiis  .  ,  .  Ross's  large  device  appears 
at  foot  of  F  2^ 

This  collection  of  poems  on  the  marriage  of  James  VI.  with 
Anne  of  Denmark,  and  the  attendant  circumstances,  is  by  Sir 
Adrian  Damman.  The  Greek  and  Latin  verses  prefixed  are  by 
Andrew  Melville  and  Robert  Pont. 

Copies  of  the  work  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  12 13. 
1.  9.  (i.) — Lambeth  Palace  Library,  the  Advocates'  Library,  and  the 
University  Libraries  of  Aberdeen  and  Edinburgh. 

■590  D.   Bancrofts  Rashnes  |  In  Rayling  |  Against  The  Chvrch  [  Of 

186.    Scotland,  Noted  In  |  An  Answere  To  A  Letter  ]  of  a  worthy  person 


4IO  Robert   IValdegrave s  Dated  Works. 

of  England,  and  |  some  reasons  rendred,  why  the  |  answer  thereunto 
hath  I  not  hitherto  come  |  foorth.  |  By  I.  D.  a  brother  of  the  sayd  | 
Church  of  Scotland.  |  Ex  Mvltis  Pavca.  |  [Narrow  oblong  cut,  with 
face  in  centre,  and  dragons'  heads  at  each  side.] 

At    Edinbvrgh  |  Printed    by    Robert    Wal-  |  de-grave.  I  Anno. 

1590.  I 

At  the  top  of  the  titlepage  is  the  head-piece  of  Cupid,  surrounded 
with  flowers,  unveiling  a  bunch  of  fruit.  Octavo,  printed  in  roman 
letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A  B^. 
The  signature  letter  occurs  only  on  the  first  leaf  of  each  sheet,  and 
thus  in  the  first  quire  is  wanting.  The  second,  third,  and  fourth 
leaves  of  each  sheet  are  signed  2,  3,  4 ;  the  last  four  leaves  have  no 
number.  A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — B  8  the  work,  dated  at  foot 
of  B  8^  "From  Edin.  the  |  18.  of  September.  |  1590.  |  Yours  in  the 
Lord.  I.  D.  I  "  The  running  title  reads — "  A  proofe  of  D.  Bancrofts 
rashnes  against  the  Church  of  Scotland." 

The  initials  I.  D.  are  those  of  John  Davidson,  Minister  of  Preston 
Pans,  who  appears,  from  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Edinburgh, 
to  have  been  assisted  in  the  composition  of  the  work  by  Mr.  Robert 
Pont  and  Mr.  Robert  Bruce.  The  piece  is  reprinted  in  the  Wodrow 
Miscellany,  where  a  facsimile  of  the  title  is  given,  with  extracts  from 
Dr.  Bancroft's  sermon,  which  was  preached  at  St.  Paul's  Cross, 
February  9th,    1588. 

There  are  two  copies  of  Davidson's  work  in  the  British  Museum 
— pressmarks,  4175.  de.  3.  and  697.  a.  50. — and  a  copy  in  Trinity 
College  Library,   Cambridge. 

1590  De  Crventa  Morte  |  Archibald!    Hvnteri  |  Edinbvrgensis  Scoti, 

187.    Mvsis  Mar-  |  tiqve  Militantis  ]  Overela  |  loh.  lonstoni  ad  Robertvm 
Hovaevm  [  Frat.  Et  Pop.  Svvm.  | 

[End]  Recudit  Robertvs  VValde-grave.   Edinbvrg.  An.  1590.  | 


Robert   JValdegrave  s  Dated  Works.  4 1 1 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  roman  letter,  surrounded  by  a  border. 
The  only  copy  we  have  met  with  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library, 
Edinburgh. 


590  2TE*ANI2KI0N.  ]  Ad    Scotiae  |   Regem,    Habitvm    In   |  Coro- 

88.  natione  |  Reginae.  |  17  Maij.  1590.  |  Per  Andream  Meluinum.  | 
Pro.    16.  I  13.  [12]  lustitia  stabilit  thronum  Regis.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  1  Walde-  |  graue  An.  Dom. 
1590.  I  Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A*  B^.  Collation  : — A  i^  Title ;  i'^  Six-line 
stanza  "Ad  Regem";  A  2 — Bi  2Te^ai/(y/f(oi' ;  B2  wanting,  but 
was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

This  is  a  poem  by  Andrew  Melville  on  the  Coronation  of  Queen 
Anne  of  Denmark.  It  was  reprinted  in  "  Delitiae  Poetarum  Scot- 
orum,"  torn,  ii.,  pp.   71-76. 

Copies  of  the  original  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
C.  38.  d.  13. — Lambeth  Palace  Library,  Advocates'  Library,  and  the 
University  Library,  Edinburgh. 

;590  A  Treatise  |  Wherein  Is  Ma-  |  nifestie  Proved,  That  |  Reform- 

189.  ation  And  Those  |  that  sincerely  fauor  the  same,  ]  are  vnjustly 
charged  to  be  enemies,  |  vnto  hir  Maiestie,  and  |  the  state.  |  Written 
Both  For  The  |  clearing  of  those  that  stande  in  that  |  cause  :  and 
the  stooping  of  the  sclaunde-  ]  rous  mouthes  of  all  the  ene-  ]  mies 
thereof.  |  Zephaniah  3.  18.  19.  |  After  a  certaine  time  wil  I  gather 
the  afflicted,  that  were  |  of  thee,  and  them  that  be  are  the  reproch 
for  it :  behold  |  at  that  time  will  I  bruise  al  that  afflict  thee,  and  I 
will  I  saue  her  that  halteth,  and  gather  hir  that  was  cast  out,  |  and 
I  wil  get  them  praise  in  al  the  land  of  their  shame.  |  At  that  time 


412  Robert   Waldegraves  Dated  Works. 

wil  I  bring  you  again,  and  then  wil  I  ga-  )  ther  you,  for  I  wil  giue 
you  a  name,  and  a  praise  amog  |  al  the  people  of  the  earth,  when  I 
turn  back  your  cap-  |  tivity  before  your  eyes  saith  the  Lord.  |  1590.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A^  H^  B — H4  I^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within 
a  border,  verso  blank;  A  2 — IF  2,  pp.  [10],  Letter  by  Penry,  and 
"To  the  Reader"  ;  B  i — I  2  the  work.  The  running  head-line  is — 
"  Reformation  No  Enemy  To  |  Hir  Maiestie  And  The  State." 

There  is  no  place  of  printing  or  printer's  name  attached  to  this 
work  of  John  Penry's,  but  it  was  probably  printed  at  Edinburgh  by 
Robert  Waldegrave.  Mr.  Sinker,  in  his  valuable  book  on  "  English 
Works  in  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  printed  prior  to  1600," 
examines  this  question  at  some  length,  and  from  his  observations 
the  following  statement  is  taken  : — 

"Penry  had  fled  into  Scotland  in  October,  1589  (Arber's  Introd., 
p.  172  n.),  and  did  not  return  till  the  autumn  of  1592.  The  above 
work  must  have  been  jDrinted  in  the  spring  of  1590,  because  the 
answer  to  it.  The  First  parte  of  Pasqttils  Apologie,  is  dated  at  the 
end  July  2,  1590.  The  peculiarity  in  the  method  of  printing  the 
signatures,  [referred  to  at  page  410]  already  mentioned  in  the  case 
of  the  Marprelate  books,  is  itself  strong  evidence  that  Waldegrave 
was  the  printer.  We  find  that  Waldegrave,  after  printing  the  earlier 
Marprelate  books,  had  gone  to  Rochelle  about  May,  1589  {pp.  cit., 
p.  100).  Here  he  stayed  long  enough  to  print  Master  Some  laid 
open  in  his  coulers  as  late  as  a  date  subsequent  to  Jan.  29,  1590 
{pp.  cit.,  p.  179  n.),  and  Penry's  Appellation  dated  March  7,  1590. 
If  therefore,  as  we  believe,  Waldegrave  was  the  printer,  the  place 
of  printing,  if  not  Edinburgh,  must  have  been  Rochelle,  the  former 
being  much  more  probable." 

There  are  copies  of  Penry's  Treatise  in  the  library  of  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  and  in  the  Huth  Library. 


Robert   IValdcgraves  Dated  Works.  413 

1590  An  I  Hvmble  Mo-  |  tion  With  Svb-  |  mission  Vnto  The  Right  ] 

190.  Honorable  LL.  Of  Hir  Ma-  |  iesties  Privie  Covnsell.  |  Wherein  Is 
Laid  Open  To  |  be  considered,  how  necessarie  it  were  |  for  the  good 
of  this  Lande,  and  the  Oueenes  Ma-  |  jesties  safety,  that  Ecclesias- 
tical! discipline  were  |  reformed  after  the  worde  of  God  :  And  |  how 
easily  there  might  be  pro-  |  vision  for  a  learned  |  Ministry.  ]  Revel. 
3.  20.  I  Behold  I  stand  at  the  dore  and  knock  :  if  any  man  \  heare 
my  voice  and  open  the  dore,  I  will  come  |  in  vnto  him,  and  will 
suppe  with  him,  and  hee  ]  with  me.  |  Cant.  2.  15.  |  Take  vs  the 
foxes,  the  little  foxes  which  destroy  |  the  vines ;  for  our  vines  haue 
small  grapes.  |  [Small  arabesque  ornament.] 

Anno   1590.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging  in  the  inner  upper 
corner  of  each  page,  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — O^.  Collation  : 
A  I  Title,  verso  blank ;  A  2=^  The  preface  of  the  author ;  A  2"° — 3'' 
To  the  Reader  ;  A  3''— O  4=^  An  Hvmble  Motion  ;  O  4''  is  blank. 

This  is  another  work  by  John  Penry,  and  like  the  previous  one  is 
without  place  or  printer's  name  ;  but,  as  the  signatures  present  the 
same  peculiarity  as  other  works  printed  by  Waldegrave,  it  was 
probably  secretly  printed  by  him  in  Edinburgh. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

1590  In   I  Epistolam   |  Pavli    Aposto-  |  li    Ad     Ephesios,     Robert!  | 

191.  Rolloci  Scoti,  Ministri  ]  lesv  Christi  In  Ecclesia  |  Edinbvrgensi, 
Com-  I  mentarivs.  |  [Ross's  small  device,  with  "  lehova  Adivtor"  on 
one  side,  and  "  Est  mihi,  Psal.  54.  4."  along  the  other  side.] 

Edinbvrgi  ]  Excvdebat    Robertvs  [  Walde-graue    Anno    Dom. 

1590.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — Pp*,  preceded  by  four  leaves  without  any  signature. 
Only  the  first  leaf  of  each  sheet  bears  the  signature  letter,  the  second 


414  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

and  third  have  only  the  figure,  and  the  fourth  has  no  mark  whatever. 
Collation: — i  blank  leaf;  2  Title,  with  arms  of  Scotland  and  Den- 
mark on  verso  ;  3 — 4^  Dedication  to  James  VI.,  dated  "  Edinburgi 
Calend.  Octobris.  1590";  4*^  "  Argumentum  "  ;  Ai — Ooi,  pp.  1-290 
(paged  822  by  mistake),  "In  Epistolam  Pauli  Ad  Ephes.  Comment."; 
Oo  2 — Pp4,  pp.  [14],  Index. 

There  are  copies  of  this  work  of  Robert  Rollock's  in  the  British 
Museum — pressmark,  3267.  c.  11. — Edinburgh  University  Library, 
Aberdeen  University  Library,  and  in  Slains  Castle. 

1590  Verba  loann.  |  Rvsselli  Iv-  |  reconsvlti  Pro  Sena-  |  tv  Popvloqve 

192.  Edinbvrgen-  |  si  Habita,  Ad  Serenissimam  Sco-  |  torum  Reginam 
Annam,  dum  Edin-  |  burgum  ingreditur  19.  Maij.  An.  1590.  Prov. 
18.  12.  Exultantibus  iustis  amplus  est  ornatus.  |  [Ross's  small  device.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue  An.  Dom.  1590.  | 
Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

A  quarto  of  four  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging, 
but  with  catchwords,  and  signed  2,  3,  on  the  second  and  third  leaves 
in  Waldegrave's  usual  manner,  i-''  Title;  i*^  Ad  Reginam  Annam 
Epigramma  ;  2 — 4  Verba. 

A  copy  of  this  tract  is  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University. 

1590  The    Sea- Law  |  of    Scotland  |  Shortly   gathered  |  and    plainly 

193.  dressit  for  |  the  reddy  vse  of  all  Sea-  |  fairingmen.  |  Psal.  107. 
ve.  23.  24.  31.  I  They  that  go  down  to  the  Sea  in  schips,  |  and 
occupie  by  the  great  waters.  |  They  see  the  workes  of  the  Lorde, 
and  I  his  wonders  in  the  deepe,  &c.  |  Let  them  therefore  confesse 
before  the  |  Lord  his  louing  kindnes,  and  his  wonder-  |  ful  workes 
before  the  sonnes  of  men.  | 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Imprinted  By  |  Robert  Waldegraue.  |  An.  Dom. 
1590.  1 


Robert  Waldegraves  Dated  Works.  415 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A4  B  C^.  The  signature  letter  appears  only 
on  the  first  leaf  of  each  sheet,  followed  by  three  leaves  numbered 
2,  3,  and  4,  and  four  without  any  signature  or  number.  A  i  blank 
leaf;  A  2^  Title,  within  a  border ;  A  2^  The  Contents  ;  A  3,  pp.  [2], 
Dedication  to  James  VI.,  dated  "At  Edinburgh,  the  30  of  lunij. 
1590,"  and  signed  "  M.  William  Welvod "  ;  A  4,  pp.  [2],  The 
Proheme  ;  Bi — C  6=^  The  Sea- Law  ;  C  6'' — 7  blank;  C8  wanting, 
but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf 

The  author,  William  Welwood,  was  Professor  of  Mathematics 
in  St.  Andrews,  but  exchanged  the  Mathematical  for  the  Juridical 
Chair  about  the  year  1587.  At  the  royal  visitation  of  the  University 
in  1597  Welwood  was  deprived  of  his  office.  His  work  on  "The 
Sea- Law  of  Scotland  "  is  said  to  be  the  earliest  treatise  on  maritime 
jurisprudence  published  in  Britain.  A  copy  is  in  the  University 
Library,   Cambridge. 

1 591  Sermons   |  Preached   ]   In    The     Kirk     Of    Edin-   |  burgh,     be 

194.    M.    Robert    Bruce,    Mi-   |    nister    of    Christs    Evangel    there :    as 

they  I  wer  received  from   his  mouth  :  |  Meet  to  comfort  all  sik  as 

are  |  troubled,   ather  in  bodie  |  or   minde.  |  The   Nvmber  Of  The 

Ser-  I  mons,  ar  set  doun  in  the  Page  |  following.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  Be  Robert  |  VValde-graue,  Printer  to  the  | 
Kingis  Majestic.    1591  [  Cum  privilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A^  B — Aa^  Bb^,  Collation: — A  i^  Title; 
A  i^  The  Nvmber  of  the  Sermons ;  A  2  (marked  4),  pp.  [2], 
Dedication  "  To  the  Right  Honorable,  my  Lord  Provost,  Bailyeis, 
Counsell  and  Session  of  the  Kirk  of  Edinburgh.  Mr.  Robert 
Bruce,  Minister  of  Christs  Evangell  there,  wisheth  Grace,  Mercie, 
and  Peace,   from  God  the  Father  .    .   ."  dated   "  From  Edinburgh, 


4i6  Robert   Waldeg7'ave s  Dated  Works. 

the  sixt  of  December  1591";  Bi — Bb^  Sermons.  The  sermons 
are  enumerated  on  the  back  of  the  title  as  follows  : — "  Six  on  the 
38  Isaiah.  Two  on  76  Psalm.  One  on  40  Psalm.  One  on  2 
Timothy  ii.  22.  &c.  One  on  2  Timothy  ii.  15."  These  are  dedi- 
cated by  Mr.  Bruce  to  King  James  VI.,  the  9th  December,  1590. 
And  a  discourse  on  "2  Timothy  ii.  22.  preached  9th  November, 
1589,  at  the  quhilk  time  the  earl  of  Bothwell  maid  his  public 
repentance  in  the  kirk  of  Edinburgh."  is  dedicated  to  the  Magis- 
trates of  Edinburgh. 

Bruce's  Sermons  were  reprinted  for  the  Wodrow  Society  in  1843. 
For  an  answer  to  them  see  Herbert,  p.  1722. 

Copies  of  the  original  work  by  Bruce  are  in  the  British  Museum 
— pressmark,  695.  a.  3.  (i.) — Lambeth  Palace  Library,  the  Advocates' 
Library,  and  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1591  Catechesis  |  Religionis  |  Christianae:  |  Qua;  in  Ecclesiis  &  Scholis 

195.  Palati-  I  natus  ac  Belgii  traditur :  vna  cum  |  notis  breuissimis.  | 
[Ross's  small  device,  with  quotation  from  Psalm  54,  4  v.,  running 
up  and  down  each  side.] 

Edinburgi  |  Excudebat  Robertus  Walde-graue,  Typo-  )  graphus 
Regiae  Majestatis.   1591.  |  Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — C^  D4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso 
blank  ;  A  2 — C  6''  Catechesis  ;  C  6^ — D  3''  Preces  ;  D  4  blank. 

There  is  a  copy  (formerly  Dr.  David  Laing's)  in  the  library  of 
the  University  of  St.  Andrews. 

1591  A  catechisme  of  Christian  Religion,  taught  in  the  Schooles  and 

196.  Churches  of  the  Low  Countries,  and  dominions  of  the  Countie 
Palatine  :  With  the  arguments  and  vse  of  the  seueral  doctrins  of 
the  same  Catechisme.     By  Jeremias  Bastingius.    And  now  authorized 


Robert   Waldegi'ave  s  Dated  Works.  417 

by  the  Kings  Maiestie  for  the  vse  of  Scotland.  Whercunto  is 
adioyned  certain  Praiers,  both  pubHke  and  priuate,  for  sundry 
purposes. 

Edinburgh,  Printed  by  Robert  VValde-graue,  printer  &c.  1591. 
Cum  priuilegio  Regime  Majestatis. 

Prefixed  are — "The  A. B.C.  .  .  .  The  Lords  prayer.  .  .  .  The 
beliefe.  .  .  .  The  ten  commandements  of  Almightie  God.  ...  A 
praier  to  be  vsed  before  Catechising."  At  the  end — .  .  .  [Ross's 
device.]     Sixteens. 

From  Herbert's  edition  of  Ames's  "  Typographical  Antiquities," 
page  151 1. 

159'  His  I  Maies-  I  ties  Poeti-  |  call  Exer-  |  cises  at  vacant  |  houres.  | 

197-  At    Edinbvrgh  |  Printed    By  |  Robert    Walde-graue  |  printer   to 

the  Kings  |  Maiestie.  |  Cum   Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter  (the  French  version  of  the 
"  Lepanto "  in  italic),  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords  and 
signatures,  two  unsigned  sheets  of  4  leaves  each,  B — O*  P^,  and 
an  extra  leaf  following  sig.  L,  signed  M.  The  signature-letter  is 
given  only  on  the  first  leaf  of  each  sheet  up  to  sig.  M  ;  but  from 
that  to  the  end  the  sheets  are  signed  M,  M2,  M3,  and  one  unsigned. 
Collation: — i^  Title,  within  a  border,  with  standing  figures  of  "  Pax" 
and  "Amor,"  one  on  each  side;  2,  pp.  [2],  The  Avtovr  to  the 
Reader ;  3^  To  the  King  of  Scotland,  a  sonnet  signed  Henrie 
Constable ;  3'^  blank ;  4='  Sonet  to  the  onely  Royal  Poet,  signed 
M.  W.  Fovler ;  4^^  blank ;  5=^  Greek  and  Latin  verses  by  Hadr. 
Damman  ;  5*^  Another  Latin  poem  by  the  same,  and  English  verses 
by  Henrie  Lok  ;  6^ — 7''  The  Exord,  or  Preface  of  the  second  week 
of  Dv  Bartas  ;  8=*  The  Translators  Invocation  ;  S''  blank  ;  B  i — G  2^ 
The  Fvries  ;  G2''  blank;  On  G  3  is  a  fresh  titlepage — "The  |  Le- 
pan-  I  to  Of  lames  j  the  sixt,  King  of  |  Scotland.  |  At  Edinbvrgh  | 

3  r> 


41 8  Robert  Waldegraues  Dated  Works. 

Printed  By  |  Robert  Walde-graue  |  Printer  to  the  Kings  Maiestie.  | 
Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  |  "  This  is  surrounded  by  a  woodcut  border 
as  on  the  first  title,  but  in  this  the  side  figures  are  "  Veritas  "  and 
"Castitas."  G3  verso  is  blank;  G4 — Hi''  The  Avthovr  to  the 
Reader;  H  i^  blank;  H2 — L4  The  "  Lepanto."  Then  follows  a 
leaf,  signed  M,  containing  a  "  Sonet,"  signed  I.  R.  S.  This  appears 
to  be  an  afterthought ;  the  true  M  i  is  a  fresh  title,  not  in  a  border, 
but  with  a  woodcut  ornament  at  the  top,  "  La  |  Lepanthe  |  De 
laqves  VI.  ]  Roy  D  Escosse,  |  Faicte  francoise  par  le  Sieur  |  Du 
Bartas.  |  Imprime  A  Edinbvrg  Par  |  Robert  Walde-grave,  ]  Im- 
primeur  du  Roy.  [  Anno  Dom.  1591.  |  Auec  Priuilege  de  sa 
Majeste.  |  "  [It  will  be  noticed  that  the  date  is  given  only  on  the 
third  titlepage.]  Verso  of  this  title  is  blank.  M  2^  Av  Lectevr ; 
M  2*^  Preface  dv  Tradvctevr  a  I'Avthevr,  in  verse ;  M  3 — P  i  La 
Lepanthe  ;  P  2  blank. 

In  the  address  to  the  reader,  prefixed  to  "The  Furies,"  James  VI. 
writes,  "  I  composed  these  things  in  my  verie  young  and  tender 
yeares  .  .  .  which  being  well  accepted,  will  moue  mee  to  hast  the 
presenting  vnto  thee  of  my  Apocalyps,  and  also  such  nomber  of  the 
Psalmes  as  I  have  perfited  :  &  incourage  mee  to  the  ending  of  rest." 
And  in  the  preface  to  "The  Lepanto"  he  informs  us  that  it  was 
"both  begun  and  ended  in  the  same  summer,  wherein  the  League 
was  published  in  France." 

There  are  copies  of  His  Maiesties  Poeticall  Exercises  in  the 
following  libraries: — British  Museum  (pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  i.), 
Bodleian,  Lambeth,  Advocates',  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and 
in  the  Huth  collection. 

1591  Propositions  |  And  Principles  |  Of   Diuinitie,    propounded  and  | 

198.    disputed    in    the    vniuersitie    of   |   Geneua,   by   certaine  students   of 

Di-  I  uinitie    there,    vnder    M.    Theod.  ]  Beza,   and    M.    Anthonie  | 


Robert   Walde<rrave  s  Dated  Works. 


419 


Faivs,  professors  |  of  Diuinitie.  |  Wherein  Is  Con-  |  tained  a  Me- 
thodicall  sum-  |  marie,  or  Epitome  of  the  common  |  places  of 
Diuinitie.  |  Translated  Ovt  Of  |  Latine  into  English,  to  the  end 
that  I  the  causes,  both  of  the  present  dangers  |  of  that  Church,  and 
also  of  the  trou-  |  bles  of  those  that  are  hardlie  dealt  |  with  els- 
vvhere,  may  appeare  in  the  |  English  tongue.  | 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-  |  graue,  printer  to 
the  Kings  |  Maiestie.  |  Anno  Dom.  1591.  ]  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  ptiging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A*  B^  B — ■Mm4  Nn^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a 
border,  with  figures  of  "Veritas"  and  "  Castitas  "  at  the  sides,  as  in 
"The  Lepanto."  The  reverse  of  the  title  is  blank.  A  2 — B  i,  pp. 
[8],  Dedication  "To  the  renouned  and  noble  lord,  the  lord  Nicholas 
earle  of  Ostrorog,"  dated  "  From  Geneua  the  tenth  of  the  Kalends 
of  September.  1586. — Your  Honors  at  commandement  Anthonie 
Faivs."  B  2,  pp.  [2],  "To  all  those  that  wish  wel  vnto  the  Lord 
lesvs  and  his  poore  Church  wandring  here  vpon  earth  :  the 
Translator  wisheth  &c."  Then  second  B  i — Nn  i,  pp.  1-274,  the 
Work,  consisting  of  81  propositions,  each  with  the  name  and 
country  of  its  defender ;   Nn  2,   pp.  [2],  Table  and  errata. 

The  translator  is  John  Penry.  Copies  of  this  work  are  in  the 
British  Museum — pressmark,  697.  c.  28. — the  Bodleian  Library,  the 
library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  and  in  the  University  Library, 
Edinburgh. 

In  Librvm  |  Danie-  [  lis  Pro-  |  phetae,  Ro-  |  berti  Rolloci  Scoti, 
Mi-  I  nistri  lesu  Christi  in  |  Ecclesia  Edinbur-  |  gensi,  Commen-  | 
tarius.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertus  Walde-graue  Ty-  |  pographus 
Regiae  |  Maiestatis.  |   1591.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,    printed  in   roman   letter,  with   paging,  catchwords,  and 


420  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

signatures,  four  unsigned  leaves,  B — X^  Aa — Hh^  Ii4  Kk^  LK 
The  signature-letter  appears  only  on  the  first  and  third  leaf  of  each 
sheet.  Collation : — 1=^  Title,  within  a  border,  having  figures  of 
"  Pax"  and  "Amor,"  one  at  each  side  ;  i^  Royal  Arms  of  Scotland  ; 
2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  "  Serenissimis  |  Potentissimis-  |  qve  Principibvs  Svis, 
la-  I  cobo  sexto  Scotorum  regi,  &  Annse  eius  |  coniugi  Scotorum 
reginae,  grati-  |  am  et  pacem  a  Domino.  |  "  This  heading,  in  six 
lines,  under  an  elegant  head-band,  introduces  the  "  Epistola  Dedi- 
catoria,"  which  begins  with  a  fine  florid  L(ibri  Danielis),  and 
occupies  the  succeeding  four  pages,  which  are  in  italics,  ending 
"  Edinburgi,  Calend.  Octobris  1591.  |  V.  M.  Servus  addictissimus  | 
RoBERTVs  RoLLOcvs.  |  "  4,  pp.  [2],  "Ad  Lectorem,"  and  "Argv- 
mentum  "  ;  Bi — Kk  2,  pp.  1-480,  "  Commentarius  "  ;  Kk  3 — LI  i 
"  Index  Capitvm  .  .  ."     LI  2  is  blank. 

There  are  copies  of  this  work  of  Robert  Rollock's  in  the  British 
Museum — pressmark,  1226.  b.  39. — Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
St.  Andrews  University,  Aberdeen  University,  Edinburgh  Uni- 
versity, and  in  the  Advocates'  Library,   Edinburgh. 

1 591  The  I  Sacrifice  |  Of    A    Chri-  |  stian    Soule  |  Conteining    godlie 

200.    prayers,  |  and  holy  meditations  for  sundry  |  purposes  ;   Drawne  out 

of  I  the  pure  fountaines  of  the  [  sacred  Scriptures.  |  Psal.   51.    17.  | 

The    sacrifices   of   God,   are  a   contrite  spirite :    a   contrite  |  and   a 

broken  heart,   O  God,  thou  wilt  not  despise.  | 

Edinbvrgh  1  Printed  By  Robert  ]  Walde-graue,  printer  to  the  | 
Kings  Maiestie.  |  1591.  |  Cum  Priuigio  {sic)   Regali.  | 

Duodecimo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A^  B — N'^.  Collation: — Ai  Title,  verso  blank; 
A  2 — 5  Dedication  by  the  printer  "  To  the  honorable,  noble,  and 
potent  Lorde,  John,  Lorde  Thirlstane,  great  Chancelor  of  Scotland  : 
And  to  the  noble  vertuous,  and  godly  Lady,  Dame  lane  Flemeng, 


Robert   IValdegraves  Dated  Wor/cs.  421 

Ladie  Thirlstane  his  wife:"  signed  "Your  Honors  most  bounden 
R.  W.";  A  6,  pp.  [2],  "A  Table  of  the  Prayers";  B  i— N  1 1»,  pp. 
1-285,  "The  Sacrifice  of  a  Christian";  N  ii*^  blank;  N12  wanting, 
but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum,  [)ressmark,  3057.  a  a  a.  67. 

1592  Certain   God-  |  ly   And    Lear-  |  ned   treatises  |  Written   by   that 

201.    worthie    Mini-    |   ster  of    Christe,    M.    Dvdley   |    Fenner ;    for    the 

behoofe  |  and    edification    of   al    those,    that  |  desire    to   grow    and 

increase  ]  in  true  Godlines.  |  The  Titles  where-  |  of,  are  set  downe 

in  the  |  Page  following.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-  |  graue,  Printer  to  the  | 
Kings  Maiestie.  |  1592.  |  Cum   Priuilegio  Regali.  ] 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A4  B — N  .  Collation: — A  i^  Title,  within  a  border; 
A  i^  The  Contents  ;  A  2  (marked  3) — 4^  pp.  [5],  Dedication  by 
Waldegrave  "  To  the  right  honorable,  noble,  and  potent  Lorde 
lames.  Lord  Lindsay  of  the  Byres,"  dated  from  "  Edinburgh  the 
24  of  December.  1591.  Your  H.  to  commande  in  the  Lord.  R.  W." 
A4''  is  blank;  B  i — N  S,  pp.  1-192,  the  Work.  In  the  dedication 
the  printer  writes — -"  Amongst  the  number  of  those,  whome  in  the 
Lords  great  mercies  wee  inioyed,  and  lost  for  our  vnthankfulnesse, 
M.  Dudley  Fenner  was  one,  whome  the  Church  of  God  in  this  age 
could  haue  hardliest  spared  :  he  ended  his  testimonie  in  this  life  ; 
being  vnder  thirtie  yeares  of  age :  but  yet  of  that  growth  in  the 
knowledge  of  God,  that  fewe  (if  euer  anie  of  his  yeares)  haue  left 
behind  them  the  like  monuments  of  great  knowledge  and  learning, 
in  the  true  and  sound  feare  of  God,  as  hee  hath  done.  His  works 
both  in  Latine  and  English  doe  beare  witness  hereof. — Some 
Treatises  of  his  being  printed  at  sundrie  times,  and  now  rare  to  be 
gotten,  I  haue  gathered  together,  and  presumed  to  dedicate  vnto 
your  Lordshippe  :  &c." 


422  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

There  are  copies  of  Fenner's  "  Treatises  "  in  the  British  Museum 
— pressmark,  441 1.  df. — and  in  Cambridge  University  Library. 
Herbert  (p.  151 1),  says — "  He  printed  it  again  this  same  year." 

1592  Dudley   Fenner  his   Catechisme,    printed   by    Robert  Walgraue. 

202.  1592. 

Octavo.     Maunsell,  p.   30. 

Quoted   from    Herbert's   "Typographical   Antiquities,"   p.    151 1. 

'592  Onomasticon     Poeticvm  |  sine,  |  Propriorvm  |  Ovibvs     In    Svis 

203.  Monv-  I   mentis   Vsi    Svnt   Veteres    Po-  |   etae,    Brevis    Descriptio 
Poeti-  I  ca,  Thoma  lacchaeo  Cale-  |  donio  Avthore.  |  [Ross's  device.] 

Edinbvrgi,  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  VValde-  |  graue,  Typographus 
Regise  Maiestatis.    1592.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures,  4  unsigned  leaves,  *^*'^  B*  C — L^.  The  signature-letter 
appears  only  on  the  first  and  third  leaf  of  each  sheet.  Collation  : — 
I  Title,  verso  blank  ;  2 — 4^,  pp.  [5],  Dedication  "  Magnae  Spei 
adolescenti  lacobo  Hamiltonio  Clavdii  Pasletensis  Domini  filio 
haereditatis  ivre  natv  maximo,  Thomas  lacchaevs  S.  D.,"  dated 
"  Ex  Sylva,  vulgo  dicta,  Orientali.  Septimo  Kalendas  Augusti. 
1592";  4''  "  Hadr.  Damman  a  Bistervelt  Thomce  laccha;o.  S.  D.," 
dated  "  Edinburgi  vestra;  iix.  Kal.  Sept.  cid.lo.xcii.,"  and  "Ad 
Stvdiosam  Ivventvtem  Robertus  Rollocus";  *^*  i — 2,  pp.  [4], 
Commendatory  verses  by  Hercules  Rollock,  Hadrian  Damman. 
Patrick  Sharp,  Andrew  Melville,  and  Thomas  Craig;  Bi — L  7, 
pp.    1-150,   "Onomasticon  Poeticum  "  ;   L  8  is  blank. 

Thomas  Jack,  the  author  of  this  work,  was  Master  of  the 
Grammar  School  of  Glasgow.  His  "Onomasticon  Poeticum"  was 
published  at  the  request  of  Buchanan  and  Melville,  the  former  of 
whom  revised  the  work.      It  contains  "an  explanation  of  the  proper 


Robert   lValdegraz>e  s  Dated  Works.  423 

names  which  occur  in  the  writings  of  the  ancient  poets,  composed  in 
Latin  verse,  with  the  view  of  being  committed  to  memory  by  the 
boys."  The  author  explains  the  scope  of  his  work  in  the  following 
introductory  lines  : — 

Ouos  prisci  aeui  homines,  que  mostra  hominuq;  Deiimque, 
Quas  Vrbes,  quae  Regna,  quibus  retulere  Poetse 
Gentibus  &  Populis  ;  Montes  cum  Vallibus  imis  : 
Fontesq;  Fluviosq;  Lacus,  Stagna  atque  Paludes, 
Et  Maria,  &  Terras  omnes  prompto  ordine  paucis 
Musa  refer  :  Tu  Musam  audi  Phcebaea  juventus." 
The  arrangement  is  alphabetical ;  the  proper  name  is  printed  at 
the  left-hand  side  of  the  page,  the  verse  or  verses  in  the  centre,  and 
the  authority  at  the  right-hand  side. 

Copies  of  this  work  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  606. 
a.  32. — Bodleian  Library,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Advocates' 
Library,   St.  Andrews,  Aberdeen,  and  Edinburgh  Universities. 

'59-  A    golden    Chaine,    |    Or   |  The    Descripti-   |  on    of    Theologie, 

204.  contai-  |  ning  the  order  of  the  causes  of  Sal-  |  vation  and  Dam- 
nation, accor-  I  ding  to  Gods  word.  A  view  of  |  the  order  whereof, 
is  to  be  I  seene  in  the  Table  |  annexed.  |  Written  in  Latin  by 
William  Per-  |  kins,  and  translated  by  another.  |  Hereunto  is 
adioyned  the  order,  |  which  M.  Theod.  Beza  vsed  |  in  comforting 
troubled  |  consciences.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue,  Printer  to  the 
Kings  I  Majestie.    1592.  |  Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Duodecimo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — S'^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2, 
pp.  [2],  To  the  Christian  Reader;  A3 — Sio,  pp.  5-426,  the  Work; 
Si  I  — 12,  pp.  [4?],  A  Table. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark,  141.  k. 
400.— which  is  imperfect.     S  1 2  is  wanting. 


424  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  ^Vorks. 

•593  Actis  Of  Parli-  |  ament,  Past  Sen  The  Coro-  |  natiovn  Of  The 

205.  Kingis  Maiestie,  |  Ovr  Soverane  Lorde  :  In  Fvrthe-  |  ranee  Of  The 
Progres  Of  The  Trve  And  Chri-  |  stian  Religioun,  professit  be  his 
Hienes,  and  all  his  |  faithfull  Subiectis,  and  for  punissing  of  the 
aduersa-  |  ries  of  the  same  Religioun  :  as  alswa,  concerning  pro-  | 
uisioun  for  the  puir  and  impotent,  |  and  punissing  of  Strang  and 
idle  I  Vagaboundis.  |  Pvblissit  And  Imprentit  |  at  the  special  com- 
mand and  directioun  of  his  Hie-  |  nes,  that  nane  of  his  subjectis 
sail  haue  ]  occasioun  to  pretend  ignorance  |  of  the  same.  | 

Edinbvrgh,  |  Prentit  Be  Robert  VValde-grave,  |  Prenter  to  the 
Kingis  Maiestie.    1593.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regali.  ) 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — Dl  A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — D  4, 
pp.  [30],   Actis  of  Parliament. 

There  are  copies  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  and  in  the  librar}^  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1593  A    Plaine    Dis-  |  couery   of  the  whole   Reue-  |  lation  of  Saint 

206.  lohn  :  set  |  downe  in  two  treatises:  The  |  one  searching  and  prouing 
the  I  true  interpretation  thereof:  The  o-  |  ther  applying  the  same 
paraphrasti-  |  cally  and  Historically  to  the  text.  |  Set  Foorth  By  | 
lohn  Napeir  L.  of  |  Marchistoun  younger.  |  Wherevnto  Are  | 
annexed  certaine  Oracles  |  of  Sibylla,  agreeing  with  |  the  Reuelation 
and  other  places  |  of  Scripture.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue,  prin-  |  ter  to 
the  Kings  Ma-  |  jestie.    1593.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — S^  T4.  The  signature  letter  is  given  on  the  first  and 
third  leaves  of  each  sheet,  the  second  and  fourth  leaves  are  marked 
with  the  figure  only,  the  remaining  four  are  unsigned.  Collation  : — 
A  I   blank,  except  the  signature  letter  A  on  the  recto  ;  A  2^  Title, 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  425 

enclosed  in  a  border,  with  figures  of  "Pax"  and  "Amor"  at  each 
side ;  A  2*^  Scoto-Danish  Arms  ;  A  3 — 5^  pp.  [5],  Dedication  to 
James  VI. ;  A  5*^—7,  pp.  [5],  To  the  Reader ;  A  S-''  "  The  book  this 
bill  sends  to  the  Beast,  Craning  amendment  now  in  heast,"  and 
"Faults  Escaped";  KZ^  "A  Table  of  the  Conclusions"  ;  B  i— S  7^ 
pp.  1-269,  the  Work,  divided  into  two  treatises  ;  S  7^ — T  4,  pp.  [i  i  J, 
"To  the  misliking  Reader  whosoever,"  and  "  Certaine  notable 
prophecies." 

John  Napier  of  Merchistoun,  the  author  of  this  work,  was  a 
renowned  mathematician,  having  introduced  calculation  by  logarithms 
into  this  country.  He  was  more  successful  in  his  scientific  per- 
formances than  in  his  theological  treatises.  In  the  book  now  under 
consideration  he  predicted  that  the  day  of  judgment  would  happen 
between  1688  and  1700.  The  work  was  very  popular  in  its  day, 
having  been  translated  into  Dutch,  French,  Italian,  and  Latin, 
besides  having  been  "republished  at  London  in  1594,  quarto,  by 
John  Norton,  who  had  then  a  bookselling  establishment  at  Edin- 
burgh"  (MS.  note  by  George  Chalmers). 

Copies  of  Waldegrave's  edition  of  Napier's  "  Plaine  Discovery" 
are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  141 2.  d.  3. — Bodleian  Library, 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  the 
University  Library,  St.  Andrews. 

•593  On  the  Lords  Praier,  by  W.   Perkins. 

207.  Edinburgh,  printed  by  Robert  Waldegrave,    1593. 

A  copy  of  this  work  was  formerly  in  Dr.  David  Laing's  Library. 

1594  Ane  I  Treatise    Of  |  Conscience  |  Qvhairin    Di-  |  vers    secreits 

208.  concer-  |  ning    that   subiect,   are  |  discovered,   as    may  |  appeare,    in 
the  Ta-  |  ble  following.  |  [Small  ornament.] 

3  E 


426  Robert   IValdegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

At  Edinbvrgh.  ]  Printed  By  |  Robert  Walde-graue  |  Printer  to 
the  Kings  |  Maiestie.    1594.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regali.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — H^.  Collation: — A  i''  Title,  within  a  border; 
A  i^^  The  Table;  A  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  To  the  Christian  Reader,  dated 
26th  September,  1593;  A  4 — H  8,  pp.  7-128,  the  Work.  At  the 
end  is  "Finished  the  27  of  Marche   1593." 

The  author  of  this  and  the  two  succeeding  books  was  Alexander 
Hume,  minister  of  Logic,  who  is  described  as  "sone  to  umq''^  Pat. 
Home  of  Polwart "  (Gen.  Reg.  of  Deeds,  Vol.  cxix.,  May  28,  1606). 
In  addition  to  these  three  little  works  he  wrote  a  collection  of 
"  Hymnes,"  1609,  which  we  shall  describe  later  on.  He  died 
4th   December,    1609. 

A  copy  of  the  "  Treatise  of  Conscience "  is  in  the  University 
Library,    Edinburgh. 

1594  A  Treatise  of  the  Felicitie,  of  the  life  to  come.     Vnsavorie  to 

209.  the  obstinate,  alluring  to  such  as  are  gone  astray,  and  to  the  faithfull, 
full  of  consolation.      By  A.  H. 

Edinburgh,  printed  by  Robert  Walde-graue,  Printer  to  the  Kings 
Maiestie.      1594.     Cum  privilegio  Regali. 

Small  octavo,  pp.  62.  Sig.  A — D  in  eights,  last  leaf  blank. 
"The  Preface  to  the  faithfull  Readers,"  dated  "at  Polwart,  the  8 
day  of  Aprill,  1594  yeares,"  is  signed  "A  loving  Brother  of  all 
Christ's  litde  Flock,  A.  H." 

By  Alexander  Hume,  minister  of  Logic.  The  above  description 
is  quoted  from  Laing's  "Adversaria,"  p.  32. 

'594  Fower  Discourses,  of  praises  vnto  God,  to  wit, — i.    In  praise  of 

210.  the  mercy  and  goodnes  of  God.     2.   In  praise  of  his  justice.     3.   In 
praise  of  his  power.     4.   In  praise  of  his  providence. 


Robert   VValdegrave  s  Dated  Works.  427 

Printed  at  Edinburghe  by  Rob.  Walgraue.      1594. 
Octavo.     By  Alexander  Hume,  minister  of  Logie.     Quoted  from 
Maunsell's  Catalogue,  p.  60. 

1594  Principis  |   Scoti-Britannorvm   |    Natalia.   |   [Device  as  used  by 

211.  John   Ross,  without  his  initials.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  excudebat  Robertus  Waldegraue,  Sere-  |  nissimee 
Regiae  Majestatis  Typographus.  |  Anno   1594.  | 

Quarto,  four  leaves,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging  or 
signature  letter,  but  with  figure  3  on  second  and  third  leaves.  The 
reverse  of  the  title  is  blank.  The  poem  "Natalia"  occupies  3^ 
pages,  and  is  followed  by  another,  entitled  "  Amuletum,"  which 
completes  the  sheet.  At  the  foot 'of  the  last  page,  under  "Finis," 
is  "  Haec  Andreas  Meluinus." 

This  tract  was  written  by  Andrew  Melville  to  celebrate  the  birth 
of  an  heir  to  the  crown  of  Scotland.  Prince  Henry  was  born  on 
the   19th   February,   1593-94. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  11403.  bb. 
32.  (7.) — and  another  in  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1594  Papatvs,  j  Sev  Depravatse  Re-  ]  ligionis  Origo  Et  |  Incrementvm. 

212.  Svmma  Fide  Diligen-  |  tiaqve  E  Gentilitatis  Svse  |  Fontibvs  Ervta  : 
Vt  Fere  Ni-  |  hil  sit  in  hoc  genus  cultu,  quod  non  sit  |  promptum, 
ex  hisce,  meis  reddere  suis  autho-  |  ribus :  Vt  restitutae  Evangelicse 
Religionis,  quam  |  profitemur,  simplicitas,  fucis  amotis,  suam  ali-  | 
quando  integritatem  apud  omnes  testatam  faciat  |  Per  Thomam 
Moresinvm  j  Aberdonanvm,    Do-  |  ctorem    Medicum.  | 

Edinbvrgi  ]  H  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius  i  Anno  M.D.XCHII.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — M^  N4.       The    sheets    are    signed    in  Waldegrave's 


428  Robert  Waldegraves  Dated  Works. 

peculiar  style.  Collation  : — A  i^  Title  ;  A  i*^  Scoto-Danish  Arms, 
but  with  no  inscription  underneath  ;  A  2  (marked  3) — 5^  Dedication, 
"  Serenissimo,  invictissimo  que  regi  Scotorum,  lacobo  sexto,"  dated 
"  Edinburgi,  5.  Februarij.  1593.  Vestrse  Majest.  addictissimus 
Thomas  Moresinus  Aberdonnus  Doct.  Med.";  A  5'^ — B  i''  Lectori; 
B  jb — 2^  pp.  [2],  "  Authores  ex  quibus  ista  sunt  deprompta"; 
B  2*^ — N  3,  pp.  4-182,  "  Depravatae  Religionis  Origo  et  Incre- 
mentum  "  ;  N  4  blank. 

Copies  of  Moreson's  "  Papatus  "  are  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  1020.  c.  30. — the  University  Library,  Cambridge,  the 
library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  and  the  University  Library, 
Edinburgh. 

1594  Analysis   [    Dialectica   |    Roberti    Rolloci    Scoti,    [   ministri    lesu 

213.    Christi  in  j  Ecclesia  Edinburgensi,  |  in  Pauli  Apostoli  Epi-  |  stolam 

ad   Romanes.  |  Respersa    Est  A-  |  nalysis,   Doctrinae   Theologicse  | 

quorundam    capitum,    quae    in    ea  |  Epistola    sparsim    reperiuntur,   | 

explicatione  quadam  brevi  ac  |  dilucida.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Ro-  |  bertus  Walde-graue  Ty-  |  po- 
graphus  Regius.  |  1594.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures,  eight  leaves  unsigned,  ir4  B — X^.  Collation  : — i  Title, 
within  a  border,  verso  blank  ;  2 — 4^  pp.  [5],  Dedication  "  loanni 
Rvthveno,  Comiti  Gavreae,  Domino  Rvthveniae,  et  Colino  Camp- 
bello  Domino  Glenvrqvhae,"  dated  "Idib.  Novemb.  1593";  4*^ — '^  \^, 
pp.  [16],  Argumentum,  followed  by  verses  which  occupy  the  second 
half  of  1I4^  and  the  whole  of  114'^;  B — X6,  pp.  1-316,  Analysis; 
X  7 — 8^  De  Libertate  voluntatis ;  8^  is  blank. 

Copies  of  Robert  Rollock's  "  Analysis  Dialectica  "  are  preserved 
in  the  University  Library,  Cambridge,  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  library  of  the  University  of 
Aberdeen. 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  429 

1594  De  Aeterna  Mentis  Divi-  |  nae  A])probatione  ...  |  Per  Robertvm 

214.  Rollocvm.  I 

[End]  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Walde-grave,  Typogra-  ]  phvs 
Regivs.     Anno  Domini.     M.D.XCIIII.  | 

Broadsheet,  folio,  printed  in  roman  letter,  double  column, 
surrounded  by  a  border  of  metal  pieces. 

The  original  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

159s  The  I  Problemes  |  Of  Aristotle,  |  with  other  Philosophers  and  I 

215.  Phisitions.  |  Wherein  are  contayned  diuers  |  questions,  with  their 
answers,  touch-  |  ing  the  estate  of  mans  |  bodie.  |  [Arabesque 
woodcut.] 

At  Edenborough,  ]  Printed  by  Robert  Waldgraue.  |  1595.  | 
This  is  a  small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without 

paging,    but    with    catchwords,    and    signatures    A — E^   E^   F — N^, 

signature  E  being  repeated.      Collation  : — A  i    Title,    verso   blank  ; 

A  2 — 3^  To  the  reader  ;    A  -^  blank  ;   A  4 — N  6^  The   Problemes  ; 

N  6^  blank  ;  N  7 — 8  are  wanting,  but  were  probably  blank  leaves. 
The  only  copy  known  to  us  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Douce 

Collection,  A.  365. 

1)1595  Sommons  To  Doomes-daie  Sent  vnto  his  beloued  England,  as  a 

216.  memoriall  of  his  deepe  printed  Loue  and  Loyaltie.  By  Henoch 
Clapham. 

Edinburgh — Rob.  Walde-graue,  &c.  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  1595. 
On   the    back,    "  Scolasticis. — H.  C.    .   .   .    The   Epistle. — Edin- 
burgh,   1595. 

Fulgura  sic  flammas  qui  terris  servat  iniquis 
Anglorum  Swter  semper,  vbique  fiet. 
The  humble  petitioner  vnto  God  for  thy  good,     Henoch  Clapham." 
The  text,  2  Pet.  3.  vers.   10,    11.      In  this  sermon,    Napier's  vain 


430  Robert   Waldegraves  Dated  Works. 

notion,  that  the  Latter  Day  or  end  of  the  world  is  covertly  indicated 
in  the  Scriptures,  is  briefly  refuted.  (See  his  "Plain  Discovery,"  &c., 
pp.  424-425.)  "To  answer  all  these  things  at  large  would  require  a 
peculiar  treatise:  and  it  is  bruited  that  one  (L.  Chadderton,  master 
of  that  colledge)  of  Immanuel  in  Cambridge,  hath  publikelie  there 
confuted  the  opinion."  79  pages.  At  the  end,  "Sic  vivamus  kv  tm 
Koa-fjuo,  Vt  ne  simus  ck  tw  Koa^xw.     Amen." 

Again  1596.     Octavo. 

We  quote  the  above  from  Herbert's  "Typographical  Antiquities," 
p.  15 16.     No  copy  of  either  1595  or  1596  is  known  to  us. 

1595  A   I    Memo-   |  rial    Of    The   I  life    &    death    of    two   |  vvorthye 

217.    Christians,    Ro-  |  bert    Campbel    of  |  the    Kinyeancleugh,    and  |  his 
Wife  Elizabeth  |  Campbel.  |  In  English  Meter.  | 

Edinbvrgh :  |  Printed  By  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue,  Prin-  |  ter 
to  the  Kings  Ma-  |  iestie.    1595.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B^  C^.  The  sheets  are  signed  in  Walde- 
grave's  peculiar  manner.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border, 
verso  blank;  A  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  Dedication  "to  his  loving  sister  in 
Christ,  Elizabeth  Campbel  of  Kinyeanclevgh,"  dated  "  from  Edin- 
burgh the  24.  of  May.  1595";  A  4 — C6  A  Memorial.  The 
running  head-line  is  "  A  Memorial!  of  the  life  of  |  two  Worthie 
Christians." 

John  Davidson,  the  author  of  this  treatise,  has  been  already 
noticed  at  page  260.  The  "Memorial"  has  been  reprinted  in  the 
"  Poetical  Remains  of  John  Davidson,"  along  with  other  pieces  by 
the  same  writer. 

The  only  copy  known  formerly  belonged  to  Dr.  David  Laing, 
but  is  now  in  the  library  at  Britwell. 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  43 1 

1595  The    Decree  |  Of    The   Covrt   Of    Parlia-  |  merit  against    lohn 

218.  Chastel,  Scholler,  |  Student  in  the  Colledge  of  the  lesuites,  vp-  |  on 
the  Parricide  by  him  attempted  |  against  the  Kings  Person,  |  Also 
for  the  banishment  of  the  whole  societie  of  |  the  said  lesuites  out  of 
France  and  all  the  |  Kings  dominions,  withal  containing  a  |  pro- 
hibition, not  to  send  their  |  Children  to  any  Colledge  of  the  |  saide 
Societie.  |  Faithfullie  translated  out  of  the  French  |  Copy  printed  at 
Paris,  by  lamet  Mettayer  ]  and  Pierre  L'huillier,  the  Kings  Prin-  | 
ters  and  St^itioners  ordinarie.  |  [Oblong  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh.  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-  |  graue  Printer  to  the 
Kings  Maiestie  |  1595.  ]  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  [ 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter  and  roman  type,  with  paging, 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A4  B^.  Collation  : — A  i  blank,  except 
letter  A  on  recto ;  A  2  Title,  verso  blank ;  A  3 — B  2^,  pp.  7,  The 
Decree  ;  B  "2!°  blank. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

In 595  Rvdi-  I  menta    Pi-  ]  etatis.  |   i.    Tim.    4.    ver.    8.  |  Pietas    Ad 

I<'2i9.    Om-  I  nia   vtilis    est,    promissio-  |  nes   habens    pra;sentis    &  |  futurae 
vitce.  I  [Small  oblong  ornament.] 
\  Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Ro-  |  bertus  Walde-graue  ]  Typographus 

I  Re-  1  gius.    1595.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
!  catchwords,  and  signatures  A^  B-.     Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a 

border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2   Dedication  to  the    Earl   of   Rothes,   sub- 
scribed A.  D.  (Andrew  Duncan) ;  A  3 — 62^  Rudimenta  ;   B  2^  blank. 
A  copy  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1595  Latinae  Gramma-  |  ticae  Pars  Prior,  |  Sive  |  Etymologia  La-  |  tina 

220.  in  usum  rudiorum.  |  Necessaria  nescire  necesse  est,  qui  non  |  neces- 
saria  didicerunt.  |  [Small  ornament.] 


432  Robert   Waldegraves  Dated  Works. 

Edinbvrgi  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue,  Typographus  | 
Regius.    1595.  I  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  with  paging, 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A^  l4  B — G^  H4.  Collation : — A  i  blank, 
save  signature  letter  A  on  recto  ;  A  2^  Title,  with  a  neat  ornament  at 
the  top;  h.2^  Summa  et  Ordo  ;  A  3 — 114  Dedication,  &c. ;  Bi — H4, 
pp.  1-96  (p.  96  is  on  G  8'^),  Etymologia  Latina.  The  last  four  leaves 
are  not  numbered. 

This  is  another  work  by  Andrew  Duncan,  the  original  of  which 
is  in  Edinburgh  University  Library.  This  treatise,  together  with 
the  Appendix  which  we  shall  next  describe,  have  been  reprinted  by 
the  English  Dialect  Society,  edited  by  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Skeat  and 
Dr.   Small. 

1595  Appendix  |  Etymo-  |  logiae.    Ad  |  Copiam    Ex-  |  emplorvm.  | 

221.  Una  I  Cvm   Indice  |  Interprete.  |  [Small  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi.  |  Excvdebat  |  Robertus  Walde-graue  |  Typographus 
Re-  I  gius.    1495.  \_sic\  \  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  black-letter,  without  paging, 
but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — F^.  Collation  : — A  i^  Title, 
within  a  border;  Ait>  To  the  Reader;  A 2 — F7  the  Work;  F8  blank. 

This  is  the  Appendix  to  the  work  last  described.  The  original  is 
in  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh. 

'595  A  I  Frvit-  |  fvl    And    God-  |  ly    Sermon;  |  Containing    Ne-  | 

222.  cessary  and  profitable  do-  ]  ctrine,  for  the  reformation  |  of  our 
sinfull  and  wicked  |  Hues,  but  especially  for  the  |  comfort  of  a 
troubled  |  Concience  in  all  |  distresses.  |  By  M.  Richard  Greenham  | 
Pastor  of  Drayton.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue,  Printer  |  to  the 
Kings  Majestic.  |  An.  1595.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 


Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  IVoj-ks.  433 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — E^  F4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border,  verso 
blank;  A  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  "The  Epistle"  of  the  printer  "To  the 
vertvovs  and  godly  matron,  Sara  Speir,  Grace,  mercie  and  peace, 
in  Christ  lesus,  Amen "  ;  A  4 — F  3^,  pp.  7-85,  "  A  Comfortable 
Sermon  for  a  Troubled  Conscience";  Y  -^  blank.  F4  is  wanting, 
but  was  probably  blank. 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  Aberdeen  University. 

'1595  De  Prcedestinatione.  |  Sive  |  De   Cavsis   Sa-  |  Ivtis   Et   Damna- 

223.  tionis  I  ^ternae  Dispvtatio,  In  Ova  |  Praeside  |  D.  Andrea  Melvino, 
Sacrar.  |  Literarvm  Professore,  |  &  Rectore  Academiae  Regiae  | 
Andreanae  in  Scotia.  |  Deo  Volente  |  Christophorvs  lohannides 
Danvs  respondebit.  j  [Small  oblong  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Wal-  |  degraue  Typographus 
Regius.  I  1595-  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  Bl  Collation : — A  i^  Title,  with  an 
ornament  along  the  top  of  the  page;  A  i*^  Dedication,  signed 
"Christoph.  lohannides  Dalby  "  ;  A  2 — B3  De  Praedestinatione  ; 
B  4  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 

Copies  are  preserved  in  the  University  Libraries  of  St.  Andrews, 
Aberdeen,  and  Edinburgh. 

1595  A    proclamation    to    be    in    a    readiness    to    muster   against    the 

^224.    2  Feb.   1595. 

Robert  Walde-graue,  printer  to  the  kingis  majesty.      1595. 
Printed  2  Jan.  before. 

Quoted  from  Herbert's  "Typographical  Antiquities,"  p.  1515. 
We  have  not  met  with  a  copy. 

3  F 


434  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

159s  A  preparative  to  marriage,  &c.      By  H.   Smith. 

225.  Edinb.     Walde-graue.      1595. 

Octavo.      Also   quoted    from    Herbert,    p.    1515.      No    copy    is 
known  to  us. 


1596  A  I  Briefe  Of  |  The  Bible,  |  Drawn  First  |  into  English  Poesy,  | 

226.  and  then  illustrated  by  |  apte  Annotations  :  |  togither  with  some  | 
other  necessary  |  Appendices.  |  By   Henoch  Clapham  | 

1  Printed  By  |  Robert  Walde-graue,  Prin-  |  ter  to  the  Kings 
Ma-  I  iestie.    1596.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Duodecimo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — K'^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border, 
verso  blank ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  "  To  the  right  worshipfvl 
Master  Thomas  My-lot  Esquier,"  dated  "Edinbvrgh,  1596";  A3 — 6, 
pp.  [8],  To  the  reader;  A  7 — Kii^,  pp.  14-237  (p.  14  is  on  A  7"^), 
A  Briefe  of  the  Bible,  &c.  ;  Kii*^  Errata;  K12  wanting,  but  was 
probably  a  blank  leaf.  There  is  no  place  of  printing  mentioned  on 
the  titlepage,  but  the  work  was  undoubtedly  printed  in  Edinburgh. 

There  are  two  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmarks,  141 1. 
a.  26.,  and  1 163.  a.  7. — the  latter  imperfect,  wanting  dedicatory  epistle. 

1596  Clapham  (Henoch)  A  Sinners  Sleep,  wherein  Christ  willing  her 

227.  to  arise  :  receiveth  but  an  untoward  answer. 

Edinb.  by  Rob.  Walgraue.    1596. 

Octavo.  No  copy  of  this  edition  is  known  to  us.  The  above  is 
quoted  from  Herbert's  "Typographical  Antiquities,"  p.  15 16. 

1596  Quaestiones  et  Responsiones  de  Foedere  Dei. 

228.  R.   Rollock.     Edinb.    1596. 

Octavo.    Catalogue  of  Dr.  D.  Laing's  Library,  Part  I.,  No.  2866. 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 


435 


1596  Vocabvli  |  Magistri  |  Stanbrigii,   Ab   Infi-  |  nitis  Qvibvs  antea  j 

229.    scatebant,    mendis    repurgata  Obscrvata   Interim  |  (quoad  ejus  fieri 

potuit)  carminis  ra-  [  tione,  &  meliuscule  etiam  correcta.  |  studio  & 

industria  Thomae  |  Newtoni  Cestreshyrij.  |  [Small  oblong  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue,  Typographus  | 
Regius,    1596.  I  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without  paging, 
but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A  B^  Cl  Collation  : — A  i^ 
Title,  with  an  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page;  Ai''  Lectori; 
A  2 — C  4=^  Vocabula  ;  C  4''  blank. 

A  copy  is  in  the  University   Library,   Edinburgh. 

|riS96  [Beginning]  lames  be  the  grace  of  God  King  of  Scottis,  To  our 

:230.    Louits.  |  Messengers  our  Schireffis  ...  | 

[End]  At  Halirud-hous  the  x.\ii.  day  of  November,  And  of  our 
Reigne  the  xxx.  -^eir,  1596.  |  Per  actum  secreti  Consilij,  &c.  | 
I.  Andro.  | 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  place  or  printer's 
name,  but  in  all  probability  printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Walde- 
grave, 1596. 

Proclamation  against  the  Earls  of  Huntly  and  Erroll,  forbidding 
all  persons  to  hold  communication  with  them. 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 
Vol.  Lix.,   70. 


1596  At   Halirud-hous  the   22.  day  of  November,  The  ^eir  of  God, 

1231.  1596.  1  The  Articles  Set  Downe  Be  His  Maiestie  To  Be  First 
Effectv-  ]  ally  performit  be  the  Erie  of  Huntlie,  afore  he  ressaue 
ony  licence  to  returne  or  remane  in  Scotland,  or  ony  vther  be-  |  nefite 
of  his  Majesties  Lawes,  conforme  to  the  ordour  tane  at  the  Conven- 
tioun  of  Falkland  vpon  the  1 2.  day  of  |  August  last,  and  thairefter 


436  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

ratifeit  be  ane  vther  Convention  of  the  Estaits.  At  Dunfermling 
the  penult  day  of  |  September  last  bypast.  | 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  place,  date,  or 
printer's  name,  but  printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Waldegrave,  1 596. 

A  copy  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  lix.,  69. 

1596  [Beginning]   lames  be   the  grace  of  God  King   of  Scottis,  To 

232.  our  Louits,   Rothesay,    Her-  |  raids,  ... 

[End]  At  I  Halirud-house,  the  secund  day  of  lanuare  :  And  of 
our  Raigne  the  29.  -^eir,  1596.  |  Sic  Svbscribitvr.  j  lames  R^-  | 
Printed  by  Robert  VValde-graue,  Printer  to  the  Kingis  Maiestie. 
Anno   1596.  I 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter.  This  is  a  "  proclamation 
by  King  James,  warning  his  subjects  of  the  intention  of  the  King  of 
Spain  to  invade  the  kingdom  of  England  in  the  ensuing  summer, 
and  commanding  them  to  omit  no  kind  of  preparation,  by  musters 
and  otherwise,  for  the  resistance  of  the  same." 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 
Vol.  Lx.,  I,  and  another  copy  of  the  proclamation,  evidently  of  an 
issue  quite  distinct  from  the  above,  is  in  the  library  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  London.  The  latter  reads  "  Louittis,  Rochesay," 
and  "the  29.  ^eir,  1595."  The  word  "Anno"  is  likewise  omitted 
from  the  imprint. 

1597  The  I  Lavves   And    Actes  |  Of    Parliament,    Maid  |  Be    King 

233.  lames  The  First,  And  |  His  Svccessovrs,  Kinges  Of  Scot-  |  land  : 
Visied,  collected  and  extracted  |  furth  of  the  Register.  |  The 
Contentes  Of  This  Bvik,  |  are  expremed  in  the  leafe  following.  | 
[Scoto-Danish  Arms.] 

At  Edinbvrgh,  |  Imprented  Be  Robert  |  VValde-graue  prenter 
to  the  Kinges  Majestic.  |  15.   Martii.  Anno  Dom.   1597.  | 


Robej't   IValdegrave  s  Dated  Works.  437 

Folio,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging  on  recto  only,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  4  11  +  a — z^,  aa — dd^  A — Z^  Aa — Cc^,   Dd4, 
Ee— Gg6    A— D4,   £6,   F^,  G^,   H— S^,  T4.     The  following  leaves 
are  blank — ei,  h  4,  n  2,  Dd  4,  E  6.     The  title  is  preceded  by  a  leaf, 
the  recto  of  which  is  blank,  and  on  the  reverse  are  eleven    Latin 
distichs    subscribed    "  Tho.    Cragius";    the    subjects    are    "In    libri 
frontispicivm.      Ad    lacobvm    sextvm.      Ad    reginam    Annam.      In 
principem  Henricvm.      In  Mariam  reginam.      In  lacobvm  qvintvm. 
Ad  lacobvm  qvartvm.     Ad  lacobvm  tertivm.     In  lacobvm  secvndvm. 
In    lacobvm    primvm.       In    Leonem,    Scotorvm    insignia."      These 
distichs  refer  to  an   engraved   title  surrounded   by  portraits  of  the 
kings    and    queens.       This    engraved     title    should     precede    the 
printed  title,  but  is  frequently  wanting.     The  reverse  of  the  printed 
title    is    blank.       On   the  front  of  the  third    leaf,    "  The  contentes 
of  this  bvik,"   and  on   the   reverse,    "  The   Privelege "   for  printing 
granted  by  James  VI.  to  the  clerk  of  the  register  to  cause  the  laws 
of  Scotland  to  be  printed  by  Robert  Waldegrave,  or  by  any  other. 
On  the  front  of  the  fourth  leaf  is  the  dedication,   "  Serenissimo  et 
invictissimo  principi,  Jacobo  sexto,  Dei  gratia,  Scotorum  Regi,  &c.," 
subscribed  "Johannes  Skene  Consecravit  Ddtq;."     The  reverse  is 
blank,     ai — dd  6,  Fol.  1-162,  The  Acts  from  James  I.  to  O.  Mary  ; 
Ai— Gg6,   Fol.    1-178,  Acts  of  James  VI.;  Ai— E6  "Ane  table 
of  the  principall  matters  conteined  in  this  buik  "  ;  Fi — Gi,  pp.  [14], 
"A  table  of  all  the  Kinges  of  Scotland,"  with  a  folding  table,  after 
F  4,  of  "  The  race  of  the  Kings  of  Scotland,  since   Malcolme  the 
second,  Kenneth  the  thrids  sonne  "  ;  G  2=^  "Ane  table  of  the  moue- 
able  feastes  for  50  zeires  to  cum  "  ;  G  2^  is  blank.     Signature  H  1^  is 
a  fresh  title — "  De  verborum   significatione.  |  The   Exposition  |  Of 
The  Termes  And  |  Difficill  VVordes  Con-  |  teined  In  The  Fovre 
Bvikes  ]  of    Regiam    Majestatem,    and    vthers,    in    the   Actes    of  j 
Parliament,    Infeftments,   and   vsed   in   practicque  |  of  this   Realme, 


438  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

with  diuerse  rules,  and  com-  |  moun  places,  or  principalles  of  the  Lawes : 
I  Collected  and  exponed  be  M.  lohn  |  Skene,  Gierke  of  our  Sover- 
aine  Lordis  Register,  |  Councell  and  Rolles.  |  [Scottish  Arms.] 
Edinbvrgh;  |  Printed  be  Robert  VValde-graue  Printer  |  to  the  Kingis 
Majestic.  1597.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  |  "  H  i^"  "To  the  Reader," 
followed  by  two  lines  of  Latin  verse  ;  H  2 — T  4=*  De  verborum 
significatione  ;  T  4*^  is  blank. 

Copies  are  in  the  British  Museum,  and  numerous  public  and 
private  libraries. 

1597  Stvdiorvm   |  Pverilivm     Clavis,  |  miro    quodam    compendio    ac 

234.  faci-  I  litate,  Latinse  linguae  ac  Poeticae  |  Rudimenta  complectens.  | 
Avtor  De  Se  |  Insudo  pueris,  sector  puerilia.  Ouidni  ?  |  Ornat 
quisq;   Suam   Spartam.     Fabrilia  fabri.  |  [Small   oblong  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius.  I  Anno   1597.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regio.  | 

A  small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A — C^  D4.  Collation  : — A  i'^  Title,  with 
an  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page ;  A  i'^  Summa  et  Ordo ;  A  2 
Dedication  ;  A  3 — D  4^  the  Work  ;  D  4'^  blank. 

This  is  another  school  book  by  Andrew  Duncan,  of  which  the 
original  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

1597  An  Epitaphe  Vpon  The  |  Death  Of  The  Right  Hono-  |  rable, 

235.  M.  Robert  Bowes  Esquire,  Thesaurer  of  Barwick  :  |  who  ended  this 
life,  the  sixteenth  of  November,  1597.  Being  at  that  |  present 
Ambassadour  for  the  Oueenes  Majestie,  to  |  the  King  of  Scotland.  | 

[End]  By  M.  William  Fowler  Secretarie  to  the  Oueene's  Majestie 
of  Scotland.  |  Printed  by  Robert  VValde-grave.  \ 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  italic  letter,  surrounded  by  a  border 
of  metal  pieces.     The  Epitaph  commences — 


Robert   Waldes^rave  s  Dated  Works. 


439 


Bvilde  vp,  O  Engkind !  Statuaes,  Arches  Bowes, 
And  Tombes,  and   Fillers,  to  his  liuing  fame. 
A  copy   is  preserved   in  the   Public   Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz., 
Vol.  Lxi.,  57. 

1597  Daemonolo-  |  gie,    In    Forme  |  of    a    Dialogue,  |   Diuided    into 

236.    three  Bookes.  |  [Scottish  Arms.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-graue  |  Printer  to  the 
Kings  Majestie,     An.    1597.  |  Cum   Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A^  B — L^  M^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — 5^  To  the  Reader,  signed  lames  R"^-  ;  A  5''  blank.  The  sixth 
leaf  of  signature  A  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 
Bi — M  i^  Daemonologie ;  Mi''  blank;  M  2  is  wanting,  but  was 
probably  blank.  The  sheets  are  signed  in  the  peculiar  manner 
adopted  by  Waldegrave, 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  King  James's  Daemonologie,  which 
was  reprinted  in  1600,  and  again  in  the  works  of  that  monarch 
in   1616. 

Copies  of  the  first  edition  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmarks, 
G.  19130.,  and  C.  27.  h.  i. — the  latter  imperfect,  the  last  leaf  being 
supplied  in  MS.  There  are  also  two  copies  in  the  Advocates' 
Library,  Edinburgh,  and  single  examples  in  the  Bodleian  Library, 
Douce  collection,  L  230.,  and  in  the  library  of  the  University  of 
Edinburgh. 


1*597  De  I  Libero  Arbi-  |  trio  Theses  Theo-  |  logicse.  |  De  Ovibvs  In 

237.    Chri-  I  stiana  &  sobria  a-vtri-nicm  disputabitur  |  volente  Domino.  |  Ad 

d.    VI.    Maij.  I  Prseside    D.   And.    Melvino,  |  Academiae   Andreanre 

Rectore  &  SS.  Theo-  |  logiae  Professore.  |  Respondente  J.  Massonio 

Gallo;  I  [Oblong  interlaced  ornament.] 


44°  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius.    1597.  I  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  four  leaves,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signature  numbers  on  the  second,  third,  and 
fourth  leaves.  The  Theses,  forty-two  in  number,  commence  on  the 
reverse  of  the  titlepage,  and  conclude  on  the  verso  of  the  fourth  or 
last  leaf. 

A  copy  of  this  tract  is  in  Aberdeen  University  Library. 

1597  The  Cherrie  |  And  The  Slae.  |  Composed  into  Scottis  Meeter, 

238.  be  I  Alexander  Montgomerie.  |  Prented  according  to  a  Copie  cor- 
rected be  I  the  Author  himselfe.  |  [Square  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh.  |  Prented  be  Robert  Walde-graue  |  Prenter  to  the 
Kings  Majestic.  |  Anno   1597.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — D4.  A  i  Title,  with  ornament  at  the  top 
of  the  page,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — D4  The  Cherrie  and  the  Slae. 

This  edition  of  Alexander  Montgomery's  well-known  poem  is 
generally  regarded  as  superior  to  that  printed  in  the  same  year  by 
Waldegrave,  a  description  of  which  follows.  The  poem  was 
reprinted  in  1821,  along  with  other  poetical  pieces  by  the  same 
author,  edited  by  Dr.  David  Laing,  and  again  in  1887  for  the 
Scottish  Text  Society,  under  the  editorship  of  Dr.  James  Cranstoun. 

A  copy  of  the  original  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,   Edinburgh. 

1597  The  Cherrie  |  And  The  Slaye.  |  Composed  into  Scottis  Mccter,  | 

239-    by  Alexander  Mont-  |  gomerie.  |  [Square  arabesque  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  Be  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue  Printer  |  to  the 
Kings  Majestie.     Anno  |  Dom.  1597.  | 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Woi-ks.  441 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — D4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — D  4  The  Cherrie  and  the  Slaye.  At  foot  of  D  4''  is  this 
colophon — "  Printed  be  R.  W.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  |  " 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  edition  formerly  belonged  to 
Constable,  and  is  now  at  Britwell. 

1 597  The  I  Qvestions  To  |  Be  Resolvit  At  The  [  Convention  Of  The 

240-    Estaits  I  and  Generall  Assemblie,  appointed  to  be  at  the  |  Burgh  of 

Perth    the    last  day  of    Februarie  |  nixt    to    come.  [  [The    arms    of 

Scodand,    with    I.  R.  on  the  sides,  encircled  with  a  ribbon  of  the 

order  of  the  Thistle,  having  the  motto,   In   my  defence  God  me 

DEFEND.] 

Edinbvrgh  (  Printed  Be  Robert  |  VValde-graue  Printer  to  the  | 
Kings  Majestie.     Anno  Dom.    1597.  | 

Quarto,  six  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signature  figure  2,  on  second  leaf  only. 
Collation  : — i  Title,  with  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page,  verso 
blank  ;  2,  pp.  [2],  To  the  Reader ;  3 — 5=1  Questions  ;  5*^  blank.  The 
sixth  leaf  to  complete  the  quire  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 
It  is  most  likely  that  the  missing  leaf  preceded  the  title,  as  the 
centre  of  the  section  occurs  after  leaf  2. 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  4175.  bb. 
7. — the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  LX.,  31,  and  at 
Slains  Castle. 

1597  Tractatvs  ]  De  Vocati-  |  one  Efficaci,  Qvae  |  inter  locos  Theo- 

241.  logise  communis-  |  simos  recensetur,  deq;  locis  specialiori-  |  bus, 
qui  sub  vocatione  com-  |  prehenduntur.  |  Vt  Doctrina  De  Vocatio-  \ 
ne  illustrior  evaderet,  adjectae  sunt  qua;-  |  stiones  aliquot  de  modis 
illis,  quibus  Deo  vi-  |  sum  est  iam  inde  a  principio,  homini  verbum 
vtriusq  ;  |  foederis  sui,  revelare.  |  Authore  Roberto  Rolloco  Scoto.  | 

3G 


442  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius.  I  Anno   1597.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — Z^  Aa4.  The  signature  letter  is  given  only  on  the 
first  leaf  of  each  quire,  so  that  no  letter  is  found  on  the  first  sheet, 
which  we  designate  A.  Collation: — Ai^  Title;  Ai^  Scoto-Danish 
Arms;  A  2 — 4,  pp.  [6],  Dedication  to  King  James  VI.;  A  5^  Typo- 
graphus Lectori ;  A  5^ — 7,  pp.  [5],  Epist.  Theod.  Bezee  ;  A  8,  pp.  [2], 
Methodus  Locorum  Communium  ;  Bi — Y  6,  pp.  2-332  (p.  2  is  on 
^\°),  De  Vocatione;  Y7 — Aa3'»  Modi  Revel.  Foed.  ;  Aa3^ — 4= 
Index;  Aa4''  blank.     There  is  no  paging  after  Y6. 

Copies  of  Robert  Rollock's  work  on  Effectual  Calling  are  in 
the  British  Museum — pressmark,  1413.  b.  5.  —  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  Advocates'  Library,  and  in  the  University  Libraries  of 
Edinburgh,  St.  Andrews,  and  Aberdeen. 

Herbert,  p.  15 18,  describes  what  is  evidently  the  same  work, 
but  calls  it  a  quarto. 

1598  Ane  Proclamatioun  discharging  the  support  of  the  Rebellis  of 

242.  Ireland.  | 

[End]  at  Faulkland  the  aucht  day  of  August:  And  of  our  raigne, 
the  I  threttie  twa  zeir.  1598.  ]  Per  actum  secreti  Consilij.  |  I.  Andro. 
I  Edinbvrgh.  |  Printed  be  Robert  Walde-graue  Prenter  to  the 
Kingis  Majestie.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  woodcut  of  the 
Royal  Scottish  Arms  at  the  top  of  the  sheet. 

The  original  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol. 
LXII.,    61. 

1598  Ane  Acte  of  Counsell  anent  the  cunzie,  concluded  at  Edinburgh 

243.  the    18.   day  of   December,    the    zeir   of  God,  |  ane  thousand,    fiue 
hundred,  foure-scoir  auchteene  zeires.  I 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  443 

[End]  Prented  be  Robert  Walde-graue  Prenter  to  the  Kings 
Majestie.    1598.  |  Cum   Privilcgio  Regio.  | 

P'olio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  woodcut  of 
Scottish  Arms  at  the  top  of  the  sheet. 

The  original  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol. 
LXiii.,   79. 

1 598  The  Trve  Lawe  of  free   Monarchies  :   Or,   The  Reciprock  and 

244.  Mvtvall  Dvtie  betwixt  a  free   King  and  his  naturall  Subiectes. 

Edinburgh  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-graue,  Printer  to  the  Kings 
Maiestie.     Anno  Dom.  1598.     Cum  Privilegio  Regio. 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  signatures  A4  B — D^  E4. 
The  first  leaf  of  sig.  A  is  blank. 

This  is  a  prose  work  by  King  James  VI.,  but  published  anony- 
mously. For  an  interesting  notice  of  the  book  the  reader  is  referred 
to  M'Crie's  "Life  of  Melville,"  1856,  p.  224. 

1598  In  I  Epistolam  |  Pavli    Aposto-  |  li    ad    Thessalonicenses    pri-  | 

245.  orem     Commentarius  |    Roberti     Rolloci   |    Scoti,     ministri     lesu    | 
Christ!  in  Ecclesia  |  Edinburgensi.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Ro-  |  bertus  Walde-graue  Ty-  |  po- 
graphus  Regius.  |  Anno  Dom.    1598.  |  Cum   Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A4  B — N^  O-*  P — Z^  aa^.  The  sheets  are  signed  in 
Waldegrave's  peculiar  style.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  wood- 
cut border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 3*  Epistola  Dedicatoria  "  Thomae 
Buchanano  Siresensis  Ecclesise  Pastori,"  dated  "  Edinburgi.  1598. 
14.  Calend.  Augusti";  A  3'' — 4''  Argumentum  ;  Bi — N  S'',  pp.  2-221 
(p.  2  is  on  Bi*^),  In  Epistolam  Pauli  ad  Thessalonicenses  I.;  N  8'' 
is  blank;  Oi  Title  to  the  second  part,  "In  Epistolam  |  Pavli 
Aposto-  I  li    ad    Thessaloni-  |  censes    posteriorem    Commentarius  | 


444  Robert   JValdegraves  Dated  Works. 

Robert!  Rolloci  Scoti,  mi-  |  nistri  lesu  Christi  in  Eccle-  |  sia  Edin- 
burgensi.  |  Adiecta  est  eiusdem  Authoris  in  Epistolam  |  Pauli 
Apostoli  ad  Philemonem  Analy-  |  sis  logica.  |  Edinbvrgi  |  Excudebat 
Robertus  VValde-  |  graue  Typographus  Regius.  1  Anno  Dom.  1598. 
I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regie.  |  "  verso  blank  ;  O  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  Dedication 
to  William  Scott;  O  4,  pp.  [2],  Argumentum;  Pi — Y  3,  pp.  227-344, 
In  Epist.  Pauli  ad  Thess.  II.;  Y4 — aai,  pp.  345-374,  Analysis  in 
Epistolam  ad  Philemonem  ;  aa  2   Errata,  verso  blank. 

There  are  copies  of  Robert  Rollock's  Commentary-  on  the 
Thessalonians  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  141 1.  b.  14. — 
the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  the  University  Libraries  of 
St.  Andrews,  Aberdeen,  and  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  library  at 
Slains  Castle. 

1599  De  verborum  significatione,  &c.     See  page  437.     Certain  copies 

246.    are  dated  1599. 

1599  Hymnes.  |  Or  Sacred  Songs,  |  wherein  the  right  vse  of  Poesie  | 

347.  may  be  espied.  |  Be  Alexander  Hume.  |  Wherevnto  Are  Added,  j 
the  experience  of  the  Authors  youth,  |  and  certaine  precepts  seruing 
to  the  I  practise  of  Sanctificatione.  |  The  table  followes  in  the  next 
page.  I  Ephes.  5.  18.  |  But  be  ful-filled  with  the  Spirit,  speaking  vnto 
your  I  selues  in  Psalmes,  and  Hymnes,  and  spirituall  |  songs,  singing 
and  making  melodie  to  the  Lord  |  in  your  hearts.  | 

Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-graue,  |  Printer  to  the 
Kings  Majestie.    1599.  |  Cum  privilegio  regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — 14  K^.  Collation: — A  i^  Title,  within  a  border; 
A  i^  The  Contents;  A  2 — 3='  Dedication  "To  the  Faithfvll  and 
Vertvovs  Ladie,  Elizabeth  Malvill,  Ladie  Cumrie,  grace,  mercie, 
and  peace  from  God  the  father,  and  from  our  Lord  lesus  Christ"; 


Robert   Waldeo^rave  s  Dated  JVorks.  445 

A3'' — 4  To  the  Scottish  youth  ;  B  !=•  A  Sonnet  of  Love  ;  B  i'' — K  i'' 
the  Work  ;  K  2  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

The  author  of  this  work  was  the  second  son  of  Sir  Patrick 
Hume  of  Polwart.  He  was  admitted  Minister  of  Logic  in  August, 
1597,  and  died  4th  December,  1609.  Care  must  be  taken  not  to 
confound  him  with  other  two  Alexander  Humes — one,  Minister  of 
Dunbar,  the  other,  generally  styled  the  Grammarian. 

Copies  of  the  Hymnes  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
C.  34.  f.  19. — and  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University. 

BASIAIKON  I  AfiPON.  ]  Devided  ]  Into  Three  |  Bookes.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue  Prin-  |  ter  to 
the  Kings  |  Majestie.  |  1599.  \ 

Quarto,  printed  in  large  italic  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — X*.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 
The  Dedication,  verso  blank  ;  A  3  The  Argument,  verso  blank ; 
A4 — B  1=^  To  Henrie  ;  B  i''  blank;  B2 — X  4^  pp.  3-159,  Basilkon 
Doron.  Scottish  Arms  at  foot  of  X  4^.  X  4''  blank.  The  title  is 
enclosed  within  a  border,  with  a  standing  figure  on  each  side,  one 
inscribed    "Amor   Pacis  alumnus,"  the  other,    "Pax   infesta  malis." 

This  is  the  first  edition  of  King  James's  Basilikon  Doron  ;  or. 
Instructions  to  his  son  Prince  Henry,  which  the  monarch,  always 
vain  of  his  compositions,  but  fearful  of  giving  offence,  caused  to  be 
privately  printed.  In  order  to  carry  out  his  design,  he  says,  "the 
printer  being  first  sworn  to  secresy,  I  only  permitted  seven  of  them 
to  be  printed,  and  these  seven  I  dispersed  among  some  of  my 
trustiest  servants  to  be  kept  closely  by  them."  The  work  gave 
serious  offence  to  the  Presbyterians,  and  in  the  second  edition, 
jjublished  at  London  in  1603,  the  king  made  many  alterations,  and 
omitted  some  of  the  most  scathing  passages,  as  well  as  two  sonnets 
which,  appear  on  A  2   and   3   of  the  first  edition.     An   interesting 


44^  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

account  of  the  views  contained  in  the  work  will  be  found  in  M 'Cries 
"Life  of  Melville,"  1856,  pp.  226-228,  443. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  British  Museum  (which  appears  to  be  on 
large  paper) — pressmark,  G.  4993. — but  we  have  been  unable  to 
trace  the  other  six  copies  of  this  edition.  Dr.  M'Crie  mentions  a 
copy  belonging  to  Archibald  Constable,  and  a  copy  appears  in  the 
Heber  sale  catalogue  ;  but  we  cannot  determine  whether  the  British 
Museum  copy,  which  was  formerly  Mr.  Grenville's,  is  the  same  copy 
as  either,  or  both  of  these.  It  may  have  descended  from  Heber  to 
Constable,  and  then  to  Grenville. 

1599  Scholastica  |  Diatriba  De  Re-  |  bus  Divinis  Ad  An-  |  quirendam 

249.  &  inveniendam  veritatem,  a  can-  |  didatis  S.  Theol.  habenda  (Deo 
volente)  ad  d.  xxvi.  |  &  xxvii.  lulij  in  Scholis  Theologicis  Acad. 
Andre-  |  anse,  Spiritu  Sancto  Prseside.  |  D.  And.  Melvino  S.  Theol. 
D.  Et  Illivs  I  facultatis  Decano  a-v^vTtia-iv  Moderante.  |  [Oblong 
ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi,  |  Excudebat  Robertas  Walde-graue  Ty-  |  pographus 
Regius   1599.  I 

Quarto — eight  leaves,  or  two  quires,  which  we  shall  designate; 
A  B4 — printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords, 
and  signature  A  2  on  the  second  leaf,  but  no  other  leaves  are  signed. 
A  I  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — B  4*  Theses  ;  B  4''  blank. 

There  are  copies  in  the  University  Libraries  of  Aberdeen  and 
Edinburgh. 

1599  A   Newe   Treatise  |  Of  The   Right   Rec-  |  koning  Of  Yeares, 

250.  And  Ages  |  of  the  World,  and  mens  Hues,  and  of  the  estate  of  |  the 
last  decaying  age  thereof,  this  1600.  yeare  of  Christ,  |  (Erroniouslie 
called  a  yeare  of  lubilee)  which  is  from  |  the  Creation,  the  5548. 
yeare.  |  Conteining  sundrie  singularities,  worthie  of  ob-  j  servation. 


Robert   IValdcgrave  s  Dated  Works.  447 

concerning  courses  of  times,  and  revolutions  |  of  the  Heauen,  and 
reformations  of  Kalendars,  and  Prognosticati-  [  ons  :  with  a  discourse 
of  Prophecies  and  signes,  preceeding  the  hit-  |  ter  daye,  which  by 
manie  arguments  appeareth  now  to  approch.  |  With  a  godlie  admoni- 
tion in  the  end,  vpon  the  words  of  the  A-  [  postle,  to  redeeme  the 
time,  because  the  dayes  are  evill.  |  By  M.  Robert  Pont,  an  aged 
Pastour  in  the  Kirk  of  Scotland.  |  The  heades  are  set  downe  in 
certaine  Propositions,  in  the  Page  |  following.  |  Lvke.  17.  |  As  it  was 
in  the  dayes  of  Noe,  so  shall  it  be  in  the  dayes  of  the  Sonne  of  man.  | 

Edinbvrgh  ]  Printed  By  Robert  Walde-grave,  Prin-  |  ter  to  the 
Kings  Maiestie.     Anno   1599.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  1 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — N4  O^.  The  sheets  are  signed  in  Waldegrave's 
usual  manner.  Collation  : — A  \^  Title  ;  h.\^  The  propositiones  ;  A  2 
Dedication  "  To  the  right  reverende  noble  lord,  Alexander  Seyton, 
L.  Vrquhard  and  Fyvie,  President  in  the  Senate  of  lustice,  and 
Provest  of  Edinburgh,  &c. " ;  A3,  pp.  5-6,  To  the  Reader ; 
A 4 — Oi,   pp.    7-106,   Of  the   Last   Decaying  Age  of  the  World; 

0  2  is  wanting,   but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

Two  copies  of  this  work  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmarks, 
9005.  b.,  and  580.  e.  13. — and  there  are  single  examples  in  the 
Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  library  of  Trinity 
College,   Cambridge. 

Against  |  Sacrilege,  |  Three  Sermons  Preached  |  by  Maister 
Robert  Pont :  |  an  Aged  Pastour  in  the  ]  Kirk  of  God.  j  Augustine 

1  Let  God  heare  if  they  be  deafe  :  Let  the  |  Angellis  heare  if  they 
contemne.  |  [Small  square  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue  Prenter  |  to  the 
Kings  Majestie.  |   1599.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 


448  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — G^  H4.  Collation: — Ai^  Title,  within  a 
border;  Ait>  Scoto-Danish  Arms;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  "To  his  Soverane, 
the  kings  Maiestie  "  ;  A  3 — H  3  Against  Sacrilege  ;  H  4  is  wanting, 
but  was  probably  blank. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1599  Sermons  on  St.  Paul's  Epistles,  by  R.  Rollock. 

252.  Edinburgh.      1599. 

Octavo.     Dr.  Laing's  Sale  Catalogue,  Part  I.,  No.  2874. 

1599  Doctrinae     Christianae    |    brevis    explicatio :   |    In    Tria    Priora 

253.  Gene-  |  seos  capita,  Symbolum  Apostolorum,  |  Baptismi,  Coenae 
Domini  institutionem,  |  Decalogum,  &  Orationem  |  Dominicam.  | 
Ad  Illustrissimum  Principem  lacobvm  |  VI.  Scotorum  Regem  | 
Authore  Patricio  Scharpio,  Theologia;  pro-  |  fessore  in  Academia 
Glascvensi.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  [  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius  I  Anno   1599.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — T^.  Collation : — A  i-"^  Title ;  A  i'^  Scoto-Danish  Arms ; 
A  2 — 4  Dedication  to  James  VI.;  A  5— 8  Preface;  Bi — T  8=^,  pp. 
1-287,   Brevis  Explicatio;  T  8''  blank. 

Patrick  Sharp,  the  author  of  this  work,  was  Principal  of  the 
College  of  Glasgow,  and  a  man  of  great  literary  acquirements. 
The  Brief  Explication  is  the  only  work  which  Sharp  left  behind  him. 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  3506.  d  f.  2. 
— in  the  Advocates'  Library,  and  in  the  University  Library,  Edin- 
burgh. 

1599  The  I  Covntesse  |  Of   Pcmbrokes  |  Arcadia.  |  Written    by    Sir  | 

254-  Philip  Sidney  |  Knight.  |  Now  the  third  time  published,  with  sundry 
new  I  additions  of  the  same  Author.  | 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  449 

Edinbvrgh.  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  walde-graue,  Printer  to  the  | 
Kings  Majestic.  |  Cum  priuilegio  Regio.    1599.  | 

Folio,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures,  two  unsigned  leaves,  followed  by  A — Aaa^. 

Although  the  title  states  this  to  be  the  third  edition,  it  is  not  so, 
as  the  third  edition  was  printed  at  London  in  1598.  Neither  is  this 
a  copy  of  that  edition  with  a  new  titlepage,  but  a  distinct  impression 
of  the  "  Arcadia." 

A  copy  of  Waldegrave's  edition  of  the  "Arcadia"  is  in  the 
library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

1599  Fiue  hundreth  pointes  of  |  good  husbandrie,  |  Asvvell  For  The 

255.  Cham-  I  pion  or  open  cuntrie,  as  also  for  the  Wood-  |  land  or  seuerall, 
mixed  in  euery  moneth  with  |  huswiferie,  ouer  and  besides  the  |  booke 
of  huswiferie.  |  Corrected,  Better  Orde-  |  red,  and  newlie  angmented 
to  a  fourth  part  |  more,  with  diuers  other  lessons,  as  a  diet  for  the  | 
farmer,  of  the  properties  of  Windes,  Planets,  Hops,  |  Hearbs,  Bees, 
and  approued  remedies  for  sheepe  |  and  cattle,  with  many  other 
matters  both  |  profitable  and  not  vnpleasant  |  for  the  reader.  [  Newly 
set  forth  by  Thomas  Tvsser  |  Gentleman.  | 

*  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue  Printer  to  the  | 
Kings  Majestic   1599.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — K^  L^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border,  verso 
blank  ;  Aij,  pp.  3-4,  Episde  to  Lord  William  Paget ;  Aiii-iiij,  pp.  5-8, 
Episde  to  Lord  Thomas  Paget;  A  5,  pp.  9-10,  To  the  Reader; 
A  6 — Li^,  pp.    11-161,  the  Work;  Li^^— 2,  pp.  [3],  A  table. 

There  is  a  copy,  which  formerly  belonged  to  George  Chalmers, 
in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  1077.  g.  27. 

1600  A   I  Short    Discovrse   |  Of    The    Good    Ends   |  of    the    higher 

256.  providence,  |  in  the  late  attempt  against  |  his  Maiesties  Person.  | 

.3H 


450  Robei'i  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Printed  By  j  Robert  Waldegraue.  [  1600.  | 

Small  octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A  B^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — ^B  8=* 
A  Short  Discourse  ;  B  8'^  blank. 

The  attempt  on  the  person  of  the  king  was  that  made  by  John 
Ruthven,  Earl  of  Gowrie,  and  Dr.  David  Laing  thinks  that  the 
"  Discourse  "  was  the  earliest  j^ublication  of  Sir  William  Alexander. 
Dr.  Laing  reprinted  the  tract  in  the  volume  of  "  Adversaria  "  for  the 
Bannatyne  Club. 

Copies  of  the  original  are  in  the  British  Museum — C.  38,  a.  17. — 
and  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

1600  De  Ivstifica-  |  tione  Hominis  |  Coram  Deo,  |  Theses  Theologicae, 

-57-    I  Qvas  Spiritv  S.  Prae-  |  side,  D.  And.  Melvino,  SS.  Theol.  |  Pro- 

fessore,    &    eius    facultatis    Decano   ]   (ruf>/T>;(rtr    moderante,    |    Tveri 

Conabitvr  |  M.  Patricivs  Geddaevs,  )  In  Scholis  Theologicis  Acade- 

miae  Andreanse,  |  Ad  diem  x\n.  lulij.  |  [Small  interlaced  band.] 

Edinbvrgi,  |  Excudebat  Robertus  Walde-graue  |  Typographus 
Regius.      1600.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A4  B^.  Collation  : — A  i^  Title,  with  oblong 
ornament  at  top  of  the  page  ;  A  i^  Dedication,  D.  loanni  Gramio, 
Monterosiae  Comiti,  Gramiae  Et  Kincarniae  Domino,  Mvgdociae, 
&c.,  Baroni,"  signed  "  M.  Patricivs  Geddaevs";  A  2 — Bi,  pp.  [8], 
Theses;  B  2=^  "  Problemata,"  and  four  Latin  verses,  "Ad  Patricivm 
Geddaeum,"  signed  "  G.  L,"  all  in  italic  letter ;  B  2^  is  blank. 

The  leaves  are  signed  in  the  peculiar  method  adopted  by  Walde- 
grave ;  the  second  and  third  leaves  of  the  first  sheet  have  no  letter, 
but  only  the  figure,  while  the  first  leaf  of  the  second  quire  has  the 
letter  only. 

A  copy  is  preserved  in  the  library  of  the  University  of  Aberdeen. 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  451 

1600  A  I  Short  Expositi-  |  on  of  the  20,  and  21.  verses  |  of  the  third 

258.  Chapter  of  the  first  |  Epistle  of  S.  lohn.  Containing  A  Very  Pro-  | 
fitable  discourse  of  conscience,  and  of  al  the  actions,  |  sortes,  and 
kinds  thereof,  wherby  euery  man  may  |  easily  know  his  estate, 
wherein  hee  standeth  in  the  sight  of  |  his  God,  and  whether  his 
conscience  be  good  or  euill,  with  |  all  things  also  belonging  either  to 
get  a  good  conscience,  |  or  else  to  releiue  it  out  of  trouble,  being 
grieued  and  woun-  |  ded,  as  in  the  epistle  to  the  reader  is  more 
specially  j  mentioned,  and  in  the  discourse  itselfe  |  clearely  expressed. 
I  Prov.  15.  verse  15.  |  A  good  conscience  is  a  continuall  feast,  | 

Edinbvrgh.  |  Printed  By  Robert  Wal-  |  degraue,  Printer  to  the 
Kings  Maiestie.  |  Anno  Dom.    1600.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — D^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — 3  To  the  Reader  ;  A  4 — D  8  A  Discourse  of  Conscience. 

The  author  of  this  work,  John  Howesoun,  was  Minister  of 
Cambuslang,  and  a  prominent  actor  in  the  struggle  between 
presbyterianism  and  episcopacy,  which  took  place  in  1581  and  the 
following  years.  Howesoun  suffered  imprisonment  for  his  zeal  in 
the  cause  of  presbyterianism.  He  endowed  a  school,  and  made 
provision  for  the  poor  within  his  parish. 

A  copy  of  the  "  Short  Exposition  "  is  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  4473.  a.  36. 

1600  Granados  |  Spiritual    And  |  heauenly    Exercises  |  Devided    Into 

259.  Sea-  I  uen  pithie  and  briefe  Medita-  |  tions,  for  euery  day  in  the 
weeke  |  one,  with  an  Exposition  vpon  |  the  51.  Psalme.  |  Written 
In  Spanish  |  by  the  learned  and  reuerend  Diuine,  |  F.  Lewes  of 
Granada.  | 

Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue,  Printer  to  the  [ 
Kings  Maiestie.    1600.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 


452  Robert  Waldegi'ave  s  Dated  Works. 

Duodecimo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — I'^  K^.  Collation: — Ai  Title,  verso  blank; 
A  2  The  Contents;  A3 — K  6^  pp.   5-227,  the  Work;  K  6^  blank. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  of  Luis  de  Granada's  "Spiritual  Exercises  " 
is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  4403.  b. 

1600  Sertvm  Poeticvm,  |  In  Honorem  la-  |  cobi  Sexti  Serenis-  |  simi, 

260.  Ac  Potentissimi  |  Scotorvm  Regis,  |  A  Gvaltero  Qvinno  Dvbliniensi 
contextvm.  |  [Woodcut  of  Scottish  Arms.] 

Edinbvrgi,  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Walde-  |  graue  Typographus 
Regius  1600.  1  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords  and  signatures  A — F4.  Collation  : — A  1=^  Title, 
with  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page;  A  i*^  Scoto-Danish  Arms; 
A  2^  Ad  Sereniss.  Regem  Epigramma  ;  A  2'^ — 4,  pp.  [5],  Praefatio  ; 
B  I — F  4  Poems. 

Selections  from  these  poems,  by  Walter  Quin  of  Dubin,  were 
printed  in  "Various  Pieces  of  Fugitive  Scottish  Poetry,"    1825. 

A  copy  was  sold  at  the  Sykes  sale  in  1824  for  £\  ;  at  the  Heber 
sale  in  1834  for  ;^3  is.  The  copy  examined  by  us  is  in  the  library 
of  Edinburgh  University,  and  may  possibly  be  the  Sykes  and  Heber 
copy. 

1600  An    Exposition   |    Vpon   Some   Se-   |    lect    Psalmes   of    David, 

261.  contei-  |  ning  great  store  of  most  excellent  and  |  comfortable 
doctrine  and  instruction  for  |  all  those,  that  (vnder  the  burthen  |  of 
sinne)  thirst  for  Comfort  in  |  Christ  lesus.  |  Written  by  that  faithfull 
servant  of  God,  |  M.  Robert  Rollok,  sometime  |  Pastour  in  the 
Church  of  Edinburgh  :  |  And  translated  out  of  Latine  into  English,  | 
by  C.  L.  Minister  of  the  Gospell  |  of  Christ  at  Dudingstoun  |  The 
number  of  the  Psalmes  are  set  downe  |  in  the  Page  following.  | 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works.  453 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Walde-graue  Printer  to  the 
Kings  I  Majestie.    1600.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A^  B— Ll^  Mm^.  Collation  .-—A  i^  Title  ;  A  i''  A  Table  ; 
A  2 — 5"  Dedication  to  Lilias  Gilbert,  Spouse  to  M.  John  Prestovn, 
of  Fentoun- Barnes  ;  A  5"^  blank  ;  A  6  wanting,  but  probably  blank  ; 
B  I — Mm  2'^  Ane  Exposition  ;  Mm  2^  blank. 

The  translator's  name  is  Charles  Lumsden.  A  copy  of  the  work 
is  in  Edinburgh  University  Library. 

1600  Commen-  |  tarivs   D.  Ro-  |  berti   Rolloci,    Ministri   Ec-  |  clesia;, 

262.  &  Rectoris  Academiae  |  Edinburgensis,  in  Epistolam  |  Pauli  ad 
Colossenses.  |  Cum  indice  rerum,  sententiarum  &  ob-  j  seruationum 
dignissimarum  copioso.  |  2  Cor.  3  ;  28.  |  Omnes  nos  retecta  facie 
gloriam  Domini,  vt  in  speculo  |  intuentes,  in  eandem  imaginem 
transformamur  |  ex  gloria  in  gloriam,  sicut  a  Domini  spiritu.  | 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Rober-  |  tus  Walde-graue,  Typographus  j 
Regius.     Anno  Dom.   1600.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — Bb^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 4^ 
Epistola  Dedicatoria ;  A  4'' — Z^  Lectori,  Latin  verses,  and  Argu- 
mentum  ;  AS''  blank;  Bi — Bb  8'\  pp.  1-381,  In  Epistolam  Pavli 
ad  Colossenses  Commentarius  ;  Bb  8*^  blank. 

Copies  of  this  work  are  in  the  libraries  of  Aberdeen  and 
Edinburgh  Universities. 

1600  Hadriani     Dammanis  ]  A     Bysterveldt    Dn.  |  De    Fair-Hill,   | 

263.  Bartasias  ;  |  Ovi  De  Mvndi  Creatione  |  Libri  Septem  ;  ]  E  Gvlielmi 
Salvstii  I  Dn.  De  Bartas  |  Septimana  Poemate  Francico  |  Liberivs 
Tralati  |  Et  Mvltis  In  Locis  Acvti  [Aucti].  ] 


I 


454  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Wal-  |  de-graue,  Typographus 
Regis  I  Anno  Dom.   1600.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  ] 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  with  paging,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — C^  B — Z^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso 
blank;  A  2=^  Dedication,  "  Sereniss.  potentissimoq ;  regi  Scotorum 
Jacobo  sexto,"  signed  and  dated  "  P.  P.  Britanniarum  principi  optimo, 
Had.  Damman  a  Bysterveldt  maiestati  eius  serenissimae  cliens  devot. 
L.  M.  DD.  CSQ.  ;"  A  2^  blank;  A  3— B  3^  Latin  Epistle,  "Ad 
illustriss.  potentissimosq;  Dnn.  Dnn.  Ordines  in  provinces  Geldriai, 
&c.  (the  seven  provinces  only)  parentes  patriae  sanctissimos.  Hadr. 
Damman,"  signed  and  dated  "  Valete.  Edinoduni  Scotorum  iv.  ID. 
Februarias,  ab  Iesv  nato,  M.DC.  ";  B  3'' — C8  Greek  and  Latin 
verses;  B  i — Z  6,  pp.  2-312  (p.  2  is  on  B  i^),  the  Work,  in  Latin 
Hexameters  ;  Z  7  blank ;  Z  8  wanting,  but  probably  blank. 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  1161.  e.  2. 
— in  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark.  Mason.  DD.  387. — in  the 
Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  University  Library, 
St.  Andrews. 

1600  Theses    Theo-    |    logicae     De    Peccato    |    Ouas    Spiritu    Sancto 

264.    Praeside,  D.  |  Andrea  Melvino  Sacrae  Theologias  |  Doctore,  &  illius 

facultatis    Decano   ]  a-v^>iTna-n'    moderante    o-w  Gew  |  tueri    conabor.  [ 

Joannes  Scharpivs  |  ad  diem  in.  &  iv.  Julij  in  ]  Scholis  Theologicis 

Aca-  I  demiae  Andreanae.  |  [Oblong  interlaced  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgi,  |  Excudebat  Robertus  Walde-graue  |  Typographus 
Regius.    1600.  I  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A4  B^.  There  are  neither  signature  letters 
nor  numbers  to  the  first  quire,  and  only  the  letter  B  on  the  first  recto 
of  the  second  sheet.  A  1=^  Title,  with  an  oblong  ornament  along 
the  top  of  the  page;   A  i'^  Dedication,   "  Clariss.  Viro.  |  D.   loanni 


Robert   JValdegraves  Dated  Works.  455 

Scharpio  IC.'°  |  Doctiss.  Et  In  Svprema  |  curia  Regia  Advocato," 
dated  and  signed  "  Andreapoli  c  Collegio  Theologico  postrid.  Eidus 
lunias  CI3  CI.C.  .  .  .  loannes  Scharpivs";  A  2 — B  2,  pp.  [10], 
Theses. 

A  copy  is  in  the  University  Library,  Aberdeen. 

1602  2w  9e(o  eV  xp^a-TM.  |  The  |  Ansvvere  |  To    The    Pre-  |  face    Of 

265.  The  I  Rhemish  |  Testament.  |  By  T.  Cartwright.  | 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Ro-  |  bert  Walde-graue,  prin-  |  ter 
to  the  Kings  Ma-  |  iestie.    1602.  |  Cum  priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — M^  N4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  enclosed  in  a  florid 
border,  with  R.  W.  in  panels,  one  letter  on  each  side,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — N3^  pp.  3-213,  The  Answere ;  N  3^  blank;  N  4  is  wanting, 
but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf.  There  are  five  Hebrew  characters 
on  page   158. 

A  copy  of  Cartwright's  "Answere"  is  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,   857.  b.  4. 

1602  A  Didvction  |  Of  The  Trve  |  And  Catholik  |  meaning  of  our 

266.  Sauiour  his  |  words,  this  is  my  bodie,  in  the  in-  |  stitution  of  his 
laste  Supper  |  through  the  ages  of  |  the  Church  from  |  Christ  to 
our  I  owne  dayis.  |  Whereunto  is  annexed  a  reply  |  to  M.  William 
Reynolds  in  defence  |  of  M.  Robert  Bruce  his  arguments  in  this  | 
subiect :  and  displaying  of  M.  lohn  Ham-  |  miltons  ignorance  and 
contradictions:  with  sun-  |  dry  absurdities  following  vpon  the  Romane 
inter-  |  pretation  of  these  words.  |  Compiled  by  Alexander  Hvme  | 
Maister  of  the  high  Schoole  |  of  Edinburgh.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Waldegraue,  Printer  to  |  the 
Kings .  Maiestie   1602.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 


45^  Robert   IValdegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — H^  l4.  Collation  : — A  i  wanting,  probably  blank  ; 
A  2  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  3 — 5,  pp.  [6],  Dedication  to  the  Lord 
Provest,  Baillies  and  Council  of  Edinburgh  ;  A  6 — 8,  pp.  [6],  Letter 
to  John  Hammilton ;  Bi — I  3,  pp.  1-118,  The  Diduction,  &c.  ; 
I  4  blank. 

Alexander  Hume,  the  compiler  of  the  treatise  described  above, 
is  generally  known  as  "The  Grammarian,"  to  distinguish  him  from 
the  two  persons  of  the  same  name,  who  also  studied  in  St.  Mary's 
College,  St.  Andrews.  "  He  was  incorporated  at  Oxford,  Jan.  26, 
1580,  as  '  M.  A.  of  St.  Andrews,  Scotland.'  He  was  principal 
master  of  the  High  School  of  Edinburgh  from  1596  to  1606,  when 
he  went  to  Prestonpans.  He  had  left  the  latter  place  in  1615,  and 
appears  to  have  become  master  of  the  grammar  school  of  Dunbar." 
M'Crie's  "Life  of  Melville,"   1856,  p.  473. 

Copies  of  Hume's  "  Diduction  "  are  in  the  University  Library, 
Cambridge,  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  an  imperfect 
copy  is  in  the  Advocates'   Library,   Edinburgh. 

1602  Vtrum  Episcopus  Romanus  sit  |  Antichristvs  necne  "i  \  Problema 

267.    Theologicvm    |    De    quo    |    Deo     Avspice,    |    D.     And.     Melvino 

Theologicae    Facultatis  |  Decano,    Prseside,  |  M.    Thomas     Londivs 

publice  respondebit  in  |  Scholis  Theologicis  Acad.  Andreanse.  |  Ad 

diem  xxiix   lulii.  |  [Small  pendant  ornament.] 

Excudebat  Robertvs  Walde-grave  |  Typographus  Regius.  cId 
Id  cII.  I 

Quarto,  four  leaves,  the  first  two  lines  of  the  titlepage  enclosed 
in  a  border.  Printed  in  italic  type,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  2,  A3,  A  4  on  second,  third,  and  fourth 
leaves.  Collation: — A  1=^  Title;  A  i''  Dedication,  "  Dn.  lohanni 
L^ndesio,    Lyndesii    Regvlo,    Baroni    a    Byrris,    &    Strvther,"   &c., 


i 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  ]Vorks.  457 

signed   "Thomas   Londivs";    A  2 — 4,   pp.   [6],   "  Vtrum   Episcopus 
Romanus,"  &c. 

A  copy  of  this  Thesis  is  in  Aberdeen  University  Library. 

1602  Theses  Theologicse  ]  De  |  Sacramentis,  |  &  Missa  Idololatrica,  ] 

268.  Ovas  I  Spiritv  Sancto  Pra^side  :  ]  D  Andrea  Melvino  Sacrae  Theo-  | 
logise  Doctore,  &  ilHus  Facultatis  Decano  2l/f>/T^;(T(^/  |  moderante  avv 
0eoi  tueri  conabor  |  Andreas  IVIortonvs,  |  Ad  diem  xxix.  lulij,  in 
Scholis  Theologicis  |  Academise  Andreanae.  |  [Ornamental  band.] 

Excudebat  Edinburgi  Robertus  Walde-graue  |  Typographus 
Regius.    1602.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  type  (dedication  and  "problemata"  in 
roman  letter),  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures 
A4  B^.  A  I'''  Title,  the  first  line  of  which  is  within  an  elaborate 
head-piece;  Ai^  blank;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication,  "  lacobo  Melvino, 
Gvlielmo  Cranestono,  Gvlielmo  Scoto,  Roberto  Dvraeo,  &  lohanni 
Carmichaeli,  synceris  Euangelij  lesv  Christi  MInistris,"  signed 
"Andreas  Mortonus";  A3 — B  2,  pp.  [8],   "Theses  Theologicae." 

A  copy  of  this  work  is  in  the  library  of  Aberdeen  University. 

1602  A  Reply  Against  M.  |  Gilbert  Browne  Priest.  |  [These  two  lines 

269.  within  a  florid  border.]  Wherein  Is  Handled  ]  Many  Of  The 
Greatest  |  and  weightiest  pointes  of  controuersie  |  betweene  vs  and 
the  Papists,  and  the  truth  of  our  do-  ]  ctrine  clearely  proued,  and 
the  falset  of  their  religi-  |  on  and  doctrine  laide  open,  and  most 
euidentlie  con-  |  uicted  and  confuted,  by  the  testimonies  of  the  | 
Scripture  and  auncient  Fathers  ;  and  also  by  some  |  of  their  own 
Popes,  Doctors,  Cardi-  ]  nals,  and  of  their  owne  |  writters.  |  Where- 
vnto  Is  Annexed  A  Seve-  |  rail  treatise,  concerning  the  Masse  and 
Antichrist.  |  By  M.  lohn  Welsche,  Preacher  of  Christs  |  Gospell  at 
Aire.  I 

.3  I 


458  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-grave  Printer  |  to  the 
Kings  Maiestie   1602.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A  B4  c  d4  e^  B — Zz4  Aaa^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  Scoto- 
Danish  Arms  on  verso  ;  A  2 — ci  Dedication  to  James  VI.  ;  c  2 — d  2 
To  the  Christian  Reader;  d3 — ei  To  M.  Gilbert  Browne;  e2  The 
principall  points;  B — Dd  3,  pp.  1-206,  A  Reply  against  M.  Gilbert 
Browne,  Priest ;  then  a  part  titlepage  on  Dd  4='  as  follows : — 
The  I  Second  Part  Of  |  The  Reply  Against  |  Maister  Gilbert 
Browne  |  Priest,  Concerning  |  The  Masse  And  |  Antichrist.  | 
Wherein  the  abhominations  of  the  one  is  most  largely  and  |  fully 
set  downe :  and  the  Popes  of  Rome  are  prooued  in  |  the  other  to  be 
the  most  vndoubted  Anti-  |  christ,  whilk  the  Scripture  foretold  | 
should  come.  |  By  Maister  lohn  Welsche  |  Preacher  of  Christs 
Gospell.  I  Printed  By  Robert  Walde-grave  |  Printer  to  the  Kings 
Maiestie  1602.  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regio.  |  Dd4^  blank  ;  Ee — Aaa2a, 
pp.    209-363,    A    Reply ;    Aaa  2°  blank. 

John  Welsh,  the  author  of  the  above  described  work,  was 
Minister  at  Ayr,  and  a  stout  opponent  to  Episcopacy,  having  been 
imprisoned  in  1605,  and  banished  to  France  in  1606,  for  the  part  he 
took  in  the  struggle  between  the  Assembly  and  the  King.  His 
opponent,  Gilbert  Brown,  was  Abbot  of  Newabbey.  There  are 
copies  of  Welsh's  "  Reply "  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
3936.  bb.  9. — and  in  the  Advocates'  Library,   Edinburgh. 

1603  The    Tragedie  |   Of     Darivs.   |    By    William    Alexander  |   of 

270.    Menstrie  |  Omne  tulit   punctum  qui  miscuit  vtile  dulci.  |  [Woodcut 

of  two  horned  and  winged  dragons,  with  motto  above  on  a  scroll, 

"  Sic  Semper  Ero."] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed    by    Robert  VValde-graue  ]  Printer  to  the 

Kings  Maiestie.    1603.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Daled  Works.  459 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A^  B — 14  K^.  Collation  :— A  i^ 
Title,  with  oblong  ornament  along  the  top  of  the  page  ;  A  i''  Scoto- 
Danish  Arms;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Poetical  Epistle  to  James  VI.;  A3, 
pp.  [2],  To  the  Reader ;  A  4,  pp.  [2],  Sonnets  by  lo.  Murray  and 
W.  Quin  ;  A  5— 6^  pp.  [3],  The  Argument ;  A  6^  The  persons 
names  that  speakes  ;  B  i — K  2  The  Tragedy  of  Darius. 

There  are  copies  of  this  work  of  Sir  William  Alexander,  after- 
wards Earl  of  Stirling,  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  643.  c. 
79.— in  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark,  Malone.  232. — and  in  the 
Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1603  De    Regno   Angliae,  |  Franciae,    Hiberniae  |  Ad  |  [The    above 

271.  three  lines  within  a  florid  border.]  Serenissimvm  Et  Invictiss.  | 
lacobvm  6.  Scotorum  Regem  vitro  delato.  |  Panegyricon.  |  Autore 
loanne  Echlino  Philosophiae  professore  in  Collegio  |  Leonardino, 
apud  Andreapolitanos.  j  [Scottish  Arms.] 

Excudebat  Robertas  Walde-graue  |  Sereniss.  Reg.  Maiest. 
Typographus.  ]  cId  Id  cm.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  type,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B*.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2*  Ad  lacobvm  Sextvm  Epigramma ;  A  2^  Ad  Lectorem  Tetra- 
stichon  ;  A  3 — B  2  Panegyricon  ;  B  3 — 4^  Epigrammata  ;  B  4''  blank. 

Copies  of  Echlin's  "  Panegyricon  "  are  in  the  British  Museum — 
pressmark,  1070.  1.  6.  (2.) — and  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh 
University. 

1603  Ad  I  Sereniss.   Et  Po-  |  tentiss.   Principem  |  lacobvm  Sextum  e 

272.  Sua  Scotia  |  decidentem  Parseneticon.  |  [Woodcut  of  Scottish  Arms.] 

Excudebat  Robertus  Waldegraue  ]  Sereniss.  Reg.  Majest.  Typo- 
graphus. I  do  Id  cm.  | 


460  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 

Quarto,  printed  in  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B4.  A  i  Title,  with  an  oblong  ornament 
with  open  centre  at  top,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — B  4  Para;neticon. 

One  of  the  poetical  pieces  written  by  Sir  Thomas  Craig  on  the 
occasion  of  the  accession  of  James  VI.  to  the  English  throne. 

Copies  of  this  tract  are  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh, 
and  the  University  Libraries  of  St.   Andrews  and  Edinburgh. 

,603  BASIAIKON    AliPON.  ]  Or  |   His    Maiesties    In-  |  strvctions   To 

273.  His  I  Dearest  Sonne,  |  Henry  The  |  Prince.  |  [Scottish  Arms.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  VValde-graue  |  Printer  to  the 
Kings  Majestic.  |  cId.  Id.  c.  HI.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A^  B*  b'-  bb^  C — K^  L^.  Collation  : —  A  i  is  wanting,  but 
was  probably  a  blank  leaf ;  A  2  Title,  verso  blank ;  A  3  The  Argv- 
ment.  Sonnet,  verso  blank  ;  A  4 — 2>^  To  Henry  My  Dearest  Sonne, 
and  Natvrall  Svccessovr  ;  A  8*^  blank;  Bi — bb  4^^  To  the  Reader; 
bb  z:^  blank;  Ci — L  3,  pp.    1-154,    Basilikon  Doron  ;  L4  blank. 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition  of  King  James's  "  Basilikon 
Doron"  in  the  British  Museum— pressmark,  C.  38.  b.  5. — and  in 
the  Advocates'   Library,   Edinburgh. 

1603  [Beginning]    By  the    King.  |  Forasmuch  as  it  hath   pleased   the 

274.  almighty  God  (who  is  the  onely  disposer  of  Crownes,  and  directer  j 
of  mens  hearts    .    .    .  | 

[End]  Giuen  at  our  Pa-  |  lace  of  Haly-rude-house  the  fourth  of 
Apryle,  and  of  our  raigne  of  England,  France,  and  Ireland,  the  first 
yeare  :  and  of  Scotland  the  |  36.  yeare.  [  God  saue  the  King.  | 
Printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  VValde-graue,  Printer  to  the  Kings 
most  I  excellent  Maiestie  1603.  | 


Robert   Waldeo^ravc  s  Dated  Works. 


461 


Folio,  broadsheet,  printed  in  black-letter.  This  is  a  proclamation 
issued  by  James  VI.  on  the  occasion  of  his  accession  to  the  crown 
of  England. 

The  original  is  in  the  General  Register  House,  Edinburgh. 

1603  The   Whole   Pro-  |  phesie  |  of  Scotland,   England,   and   some-  | 

275.    part    of    France,    and     Denmark,    Pro-   |    phesied    bee    meruellous 

Merling,    |    Beid,     Bertlingtoun,     Thomas     Rymour,    |    Waldhaue, 

Eltraine,  Banester,  ]  and  Sibbilla,  all  according  in  [  one.     Containing 

ma-  I  ny  strange  and  merue-  |  lous  things.  | 

Printed  by  Robert  VValde-  |  graue.  Printer  to  the  Kings  |  most 
E.xcellent  Majestic.  |  Anno.    1603.  | 

This  is  a  small  octavo  of  twenty-six  leaves,  printed  in  black-letter, 
except  the  title,  sectional  headings,  and  "The  Scottes  prohesie  in 
Latine,"  which  are  in  roman  characters.  Although  no  place  of 
printing  appears  on  the  title,  there  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  it  was 
printed  in  Edinburgh.      It  was  reprinted  by  Andro  Hart  in  161 5. 

A  copy,  formerly  in  the  Anstruther  Collection,  was  in  the  library 
of  the  late  Dr.  D.  Laing,  and  a  second  copy,  inlaid,  occurred  at  the 
Nassau  sale,  and  was  purchased  for  Mr.  Richard  Heber.  At 
Heber's  sale  in  1834  it  sold  for  £2  3/-.  Dr.  Laing's  copy  sold 
for  ^26. 

The  work  was  reprinted  in  1833  for  the  Bannatyne  Club. 


1603 
276. 


Theses  Philosophicce  |  Ouaedam,  a  generosis  quibusdam  ado-  | 
lescentibus  Leonardinis  Laurea  donandis,  in  pub-  |  licam  o-v^nT'ia-tv 
propositse,  quas  Deo  auspice,  sub  i)re-  |  sidio  M.D.  Willikii  philoso- 
phise professoris  in  Collegio  |  Leonardino  sunt  propugnaturi,  In 
ScholisTheo-  |  logicis.  Academise  Andreapolitanae.  |  ADiaCalendas 
lulij.  I  Nomina  propugnantium.  |  [Follow  25  names  in  two  columns.] 


462 


Robert  Waldegrave  s  Dated  Works. 


Excudebat  Robertus  Walde-grave  |  Sereniss.  Reg.  Majest. 
Typographus.  |  do  lo  cm.  | 

A  quarto  of  eight  leaves,  or  signatures  A  B4.  The  Theses  end 
on  recto  of  last  leaf. 


Woodcut  of  Arms  of  Scotland  and  Denmark. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

ROBERT    WALDEGRAVE'S    UNDATED     WORKS. 

•590]  OERMONS  Vpon  The  Sacra-  |  ment  of  the  Lords  Supper:  | 
277.  ^  Preached  |  In  The  Kirk  Of  Edin-  |  bvrgh  Be  M.  Robert 
Brvce,  |  Minister  Of  Christes  |  Euangel  there :  at  the  time  of  the 
cele-  I  bration  of  the  Supper,  as  they  |  were  receaued  from  his  | 
mouth.  I  John  6.  54.  63.  |  Ouhasaeuer  eateth  my  flesh,  and  drinketh 
my  blood,  hath  eternal!  |  life,  and  I  will  raise  him  vp  at  the  last 
day.  I  It  is  the  Spirit  that  quikneth,  the  flesh  profiteth  nothing,  the 
words  I  that  I  speake  vnto  zou,  are  Spirit  and  life.  | 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  Walde-  |  graue.  Printer  to 
the  Kings  Maiestie.  |  Cum   Privilegio  Regali.  [ 

Octavo,  without  date,  but  printed  in  December,  1590,  or  early  in 
1 591.  The  work  is  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords,  and  signatures  A4  B — T^  V4.  Collation  : — A  i  blank, 
save  small  ornamental  band  and  signature  letter  A  on  recto ;  A  2* 
Title  ;  A  2^  Scoto-Danish  Arms  ;  A  3 — 4  Dedication  to  James  VI., 
dated  "From  Edinburgh,  the  9th  of  December,  1590,  by  M.  Robert 
Bruce,  Minister  of  Christs  Evangell "  ;  Bi — V4  Sermons. 

The  Wodrow  Society  reprinted  this  work  by  Bruce,  under  the 
editorship  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Cunningham,  Trinity  College 
Church,  Edinburgh.  The  original  is  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh 
University. 

A  copy,  with  a  different  title  and  with  the  date  1 591,  is  mentioned 
by  George  Chalmers  as  having  been  in  Mr.  Heber's  library. 


I 


464  Robert   Waldegrave  s   Undated  Works. 

[1590]  A    Briefe    Dis-  |  covery    Of   The  |  Vntrvthes    And    Slan-  ]  ders 

-78-  (Against  The  Trve  Go-  |  ueniement  of  the  Church  of  Christ) 
contained  in  a  |  Sermon,  preached  the  8.  of  Februarie  1588,  by  1 
D.  Bancroft,  and  since  that  time,  set  forth  in  |  Print,  with  additions 
by  the  said  |  Authour.  |  This  Short  Answer  May  |  Serve  For  The 
Clearing  Of  j  the  truth,  vntill  a  larger  confutation  of  the  |  Sermon 
be  published.  )  2.  Pet.  2.  i.  2.  3.  |  But  there  were  false  Prophetes 
also  among  the  people,  euen  as  there  shall  be  |  false  Teachers  among 
you,  which  priuilie  shall  bring  in  damnable  heresies,  |  euen  denying 
the  Lord  that  hath  bought  them,  &  bring  vpon  themselues  |  swift 
danation.  And  many  shall  follow  their  damnable  wais,  by  whom 
the  1  way  of  truth  shall  be  euell  spoken  of  And  through  couetousnes, 
shall  they  |  with  fained  words,  make  marchandise  of  you,  whose 
judgment  long  agon,  |  is  not  farre  of.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  probably 
printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Waldegrave  in  1590.  The  work  is 
printed  in  roman  characters,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and  signatures 
A — H4,  the  sheets  being  signed  in  VValdegrave's  peculiar  style. 
Collation  : — A  i  blank  ;  A  2  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  3 — 4=^  To  the 
Reader;  A  4^'  blank  ;  B  i — H  4,  pp.  1-56,  A  Briefe  Discovery. 

Mr.  Sinker — in  his  "Catalogue  of  English  Books  in  the  Library 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,"  to  which  work  we  are  indebted  for 
drawing  our  attention  to  these  secretly  printed  books — states  his 
reasons  for  attributing  this  work  to  Waldegrave  as  follows  : — ■ 

"  Penry's  sojourn  in  Scotland  was  from  October,  1589,  to  the 
autumn  of  1592,  and  Waldegrave  left  Rochelle  for  Edinburgh  in  the 
spring  of  1590.  Now,  an  allusion  in  the  Address  to  the  Reader 
shews  that  Elizabeth  had  by  this  time  reigned  thirty-two  years ; 
because,  after  speaking  of  the  hopes  felt  by  the  anti-prelatical  party 
at  the  beginning  of  her  reign,  he  adds  (A  4  recto'),  '  The  deuill 
indeede    hath    within    this    twelmoneth,    shewed    himselfe    to   bee 


Robert   Waldegrave  s  Undated  Woi'ks.  465 

grieuously  wounded  in  their  (the  bishops')  persons,  because  he  hath 
raged  so  mightily,  as  these  32.  yeares  his  furie  was  neuer  seene  so 
great  against  the  truth  as  at  this  present.'  This  is  followed  by  a 
reference  to  Nash's  satirical  tract,  An  Almond  for  a  Parrot,  in 
which  Penry  was  severely  handled,  and  which  appears  to  have  been 
published  in  1590  (see  Arber's  Introd.,  p.  200). 

"  It  may  be  noted  that,  except  in  sig.  A.,  we  find  the  same 
peculiarity  in  the  method  of  printing  the  signatures  already  referred 
to  as  characterising  books  printed  by  Waldegrave. 

"  The  peculiar  initial  T  at  the  beginning  of  the  Address  to  the 
Reader  is  the  same  as  that  in  the  corresponding  position  in  no.  924 
above." 

The  copy  of  Penry's  "  Briefe  Discovery  "  which  we  have  examined 
is  in  the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

592-3]  A    Discouerie  |  Of    The   Vnna-  |  tvrall   And    Traiterovs  |  Con- 

279.  spiracie  of  Scottish  Papists,  |  against  God,  his  Kirk,  their  natiue 
Cuntrie,  the  |  Kingis  Majesties  persone  and  estate  ;  |  Set  Downe 
As  It  Was  Con-  |  fessed  and  subscriuit  be  M.  George  Ker,  yet  | 
remaining  in  Prisone,  and  David  Grahame  of  Fentrie,  iustly  executed 
for  his  treason  in  Edinburgh,  the  15.  |  of  Februarie.  1592.  |  Wher- 
vnto  are  annexed,  certaine  intercepted  |  Letters,  written  by  sundrie 
of  that  factioun  |  to  the  same  purpose.  ]  Printed  and  publisched  at 
the  special  |  commaund  of  the  Kingis  Maiestie.  |  [Small  oblong 
ornament.] 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  VValde-  |  graue.  Printer  to 
the  Kingis  Maiestie  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  but  printed  about  1592-3.  There  are  three 
distinct  editions  of  this  work.  That  of  which  the  title  is  given  above 
is  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — D4  in  Waldegrave's  usual  manner.     Collation  : — A  i 

3  K 


466  Robert  Waldegrave  s  Undated  Works. 

Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 3,  pp.  [4],  To  the  Reader  ;  A  4 — D  4=^  A 
Discouerie  of  the  Spanized  Scottisch  tray  tors  ;  D  4*^  blank.  The 
copy  described  is  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  Scot.-Eliz.,  Vol.  l.,  29. 
The  titlepage  of  the  next  edition  or  issue  which  we  shall  describe 
varies  from  the  first  in  several  respects.  The  copy  examined  is  in 
the  library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

[159--3]  A  Discouerie   |  Of  The  Vnna-   |  tvrall   And   Traiterovs   |  Con- 

280.  spiracie  of  Scottisch  Papists,  |  against  God,  his  Kirk,  their  natiue 
Cuntrie,  the  |  Kingis  Majesties  persone  and  estate.  |  Set  Downe, 
As  It  Was  Con-  |  fessed  and  subscriuit  be  M.  George  Ker,  yet  | 
remaining  in  Prisone,  and  David  Grahame  of  |  Fentrie,  iustly 
executed  for  his  treason  in  Edinburgh,  the  |  15.  of  Februarie. 
1592.  j  Whervnto  are  annexed,  certaine  intercepted  |  Letters,  written 
by  sundrie  of  that  factioun  |  to  the  same  purpose.  |  Printed  and 
publisched  at  the  speciall  |  commaund  of  the  Kingis  Maiestie.  | 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  VValde-  |  graue,  Printer  to 
the  Kingis  Maiestie  |  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

This  second  issue  or  edition  is  also  printed  in  black-letter,  with 
signatures  and  collation  as  in  the  first. 

The  third  edition  is  very  different  from  the  other  two,  and  merits 
a  careful  description. 

[1592-3]  A   Discoverie  |  Of  Thee   Vnna-  |  tvrall   And   Traiterous  |  Con- 

281.  spiracie  of  Scottisch  Papistes,  a-  |  gainst  God,  his  Kirk,  their  natiue 
Cuntry,  the  |  Kingis  Maiesties  persone  and  estate.  |  Set  Downe  As 
It  Was  Con-  |  fessed  and  subscrived  bee  David  Grahame  of  Fentrie, 
I  iustly  executed  for  his  Treason  in  Edinburgh,  the  15.  of  |  Februarie 
1592.  I  Wherevnto  are  annexed,  certaine  intercepted  |  Letters, 
written  by  Sundrie  of  that  faction,  |  to  the  same  purpose.  |  Printed 
and  published  at  the  speciall  command  of  |  the  Kingis  Majestic.  | 


Robert   IValdegravc  s   Undated  Works.  ^^67 

At  Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  By  Robert  Walde-  |  grave,  Printer  to 
the   Kingis  Majestie.  |  Cum  privilegio  Regali.  ] 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — D4.  Collation  : — A  P  Title  ;  A  \^  Large 
woodcut  of  a  fowl  with  key  in  its  bill  ;  D  2 — 3  To  the  Reader ; 
A  4 — D  4^  A  Discovrse  ;  D  4^  blank. 

There  are  copies  of  this  edition  in  the  British  Museum — press- 
mark, G.  5129. — and  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh.  There 
are  also  copies  of  one  or  other  of  the  black-letter  editions  in  the 
British  Museum — pressmark,  287.  b.  20.— and  in  the  Bodleian 
Library — pressmark,  Gough.  Add.  Scotl.  4°.  69. 

Dr.  M'Crie  notes  that  "John  Davidson,  who  wrote  the  Preface 
to  it,  recorded  in  his  Diary,  that  one  of  the  intercepted  letters  was 
suppressed,  because  it  '  touched  the  king  with  knowledge  and  appro- 
bation of  the  traffiquing,  and  promise  of  assistance.'"  ("Life  of 
Melville,"   1856,  p.   162,  fiote  3.) 

The  following  entry  in  the  Stationers'  Registers,  without  date, 
but  probably  made  in  April,  1603,  is  of  interest  as  it  confirms  our 
opinion  of  the  date  of  this  publication — "  Thomas  Snod[h]am  This 
booke  folowinge  is  not  to  be  entred  to  any  but  hym  videlicet  A 
Discouerye  of  the  vnnaturall  and  trayterous  Conspiracie  of  Scottishe 
papistes  against  God  his  Church  their  natiue  Cuntrey  the  Kynges 
maiesties  person  and  estate  printed  at  Edinburgh  1592."  Arber's 
"Transcript,"  Vol.  in.,  p.  35. 

[1592-3]  A   Reioynder  To  |  Doctor   Hil  Concerning  |  The   Descense  Of 

282.  Christ  I  Into  Hell.  |  Wherein  The  Answere  To  His  Ser-  |  mon  is 
justlie  defended,  and  the  roust  of  his  reply  |  scraped  from  those 
arguments  as  cleanlie,  as  if  they  |  had  neuer  bene  touched  with  that 
canker.  |  By  Alexander  Hume,  Maister  of  Artes.  |  ^  Heere,  Besides 
The  Reioynder,  [  thou  hast  his  Paralogismes  :  that  is,  his  fallacies 


468  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Undated  Works. 

and  I  deceits  in  reason  pointed  out,  and  numbered  in  the  |  margin  : 
amounting  to  the  nomber  of  600,  and  a-  |  boue  ;  and  yet  not  half 
reckoned.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  place,  or  printer's  name,  but  probably 
printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Waldegrave  in  1592-3.  The  work 
is  printed  in  roman  letter  and  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A4  B^  C — Z4.  The  sheets,  with  two  exceptions,  are 
signed  in  Waldegrave's  peculiar  style.  Collation  : — A  i  blank,  except 
woodcut  ornament  and  letter  A  on  recto  ;  A  2  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A3 — 4  (marked  3  in  mistake),  pp.  [4],  Epistle  Dedicatory  "To  the 
Right  Honorable  Robert  Erie  of  Essex  and  Ewe";  Bi — 4^  To 
the  Reader  ;  B  4'^ — 5^  Coppy  of  Master  Doctors  Letter  ;  B  <^ — 7^ 
Answere  to  the  Doctors  Letter ;  B  7'^ — 8  The  State  of  the  question  ; 
C  I — Z  \^  A  Rejoynder,  &c.  ;  Z  4^  blank. 

The  "Rejoynder"  is  the  work  of  Alexander  Hume,  the  Gram- 
marian, for  a  notice  of  whom  see  p.  456,  ante.  A  copy  is  in  the 
library  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 

Mr.  Sinker,  in  his  "Catalogue  of  English  Books,  &c.,"  writes: 
"  I  am  disposed  to  assign  this  work  to  the  press  of  Robert 
Waldegrave  for  the  following  reasons  :  ( i )  From  the  above-mentioned 
peculiarity  in  the  signatures.  (2)  From  the  identity  of  the  floriated 
initial  I  at  the  beginning  of  the  Address  to  the  Reader  in  the  above 
(B  I  I'ecto)  with  that  in  the  same  position  in  No.  924  above.  (3) 
Works  were  printed  for  Hume  in-  Edinburgh  by  Waldegrave  in 
1594'  1599'  ^^^•"  Mr.  Sinker  has  fallen  into  the  mistake  of 
confounding  the  Minister  of  Logie  with  the  Grammarian  ;  but  we 
think  his  reasons  are  otherwise  sufficient  to  settle  the  point  in 
question. 

[1593]  A  parte  of  a  register,  contayninge  1  sundrie  memorable  matters, 

283.    written  by  |  diuers  godly  and  learned  in  our  time,  which  stande  |  for, 


Robei't   Waldegrave  s   Undated  Works.  469 

and  desire  the  reformation  of  our  Cliurch,  in  |  Discipline  and  Cere- 
monies, accordinge  to  j  the  pure  worde  of  God,  and  ]  the  Lawe  of 
our  I  Lande.  |  Luke  19.  14.  |  We  will  not  haue  this  man  to  raigne 
ouer  us.  |  Verse  27.  |  Those  myne  enemies  which  would  not  that  I 
should  raigne  |  ouer  them,  bring  hither  and  slaye  before  me.  |  Verse 
40.  I  I  tell  you  that  if  these  should  holde  their  peace,  the  |  stones 
would  crye.  |  See  the  contentes  of  this  Booke  on  the  |  next  leafe.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  pagination,  and  signatures 
A — Z4  Aa — Zz4  Aaa — Zzz4.  The  verso  of  the  tide  is  blank,  followed 
by  the  Table  on  two  pages,  then  the  work,  pp.  1-546,  followed  by 
"A  Prayer  for  the  Faithfull "  on  one  leaf,  and  "A  Briefe  Aunswere" 
on  three  leaves.  In  the  British  Museum  copy  the  "Prayer"  and 
"  Briefe  Aunswere "  are  cropped  in  the  upper  margins  so  that  it  is 
impossible  to  say  for  certain  whether  the  pagination  was  carried  on 
from  546. 

This  curious  work  is  without  place  of  printing,  printer's  name,  or 
date,  but,  from  allusions  to  it  in  a  work  by  Dr.  Bancroft,  entitled 
"  Daungerous  Positions  and  Proceedings,"  published  in  1593,  and 
from  certain  entries  in  the  "  Stationers'  Registers,"  there  can  be  little 
doubt  but  that  it  was  printed  in  Edinburgh  by  Waldegrave  in  1593. 
Dr.  Bancroft  remarks  that  "  it  appears  to  have  been  printed  at 
Edinburgh  by  Robert  Waldegrave,"  and  in  another  place  gives  the 
following  account  of  the  work  : — "  And  now  vpon  better  care  taken 
by  her  Maiesty,  that  no  such  libels  should  be  hereafter  printed  in 
England,  (at  the  least  without  some  daunger  to  the  parties,  if  it  may 
bee  knowne)  they  have  founde  such  fauour,  as  to  procure  their  chiefe 
instrument,  and  old  seruant  Waldgraue,  to  be  the  King  of  Scots 
Printer,  from  whence  their  wants  in  that  behalfe  shall  be  fully 
supplyed.  For  hauing  obtained  that  place,  (as  hee  pretendeth  in 
print)  they  have  published  by  hundreths,  certaine  spitefull  and 
mahcious    bookes    against    her    Maiesties    most    honorable     priuy 


470  Robert   Waldegrave  s  Undated  Works. 

Councell. — And  now  it  seemeth,  for  feare  that  any  of  all  their  sayd 
Libels  &  rayling  Pamphlets,  (that  haue  bin  written  in  her  highnesse 
time)  should  perish,  (being  many  of  them  but  triobolar  chartals  :) 
they  haue  taken  vpon  them  to  make  a  Register,  all  ready  come  from 
thence,  and  finished:"  p.  46.  In  the  Warden's  account  of  expendi- 
tures, from  15  July  1593,  to  15  July  1594,  is  this  entry — ''Item,  paid 
in  searche  at  Billingsgate  iij  Dayes  for  bookes  that  came  out  of 
Scotland  beinge  ij  barrelles  and  ij  fyrkins  delivered  to  my  lordes 
grace  xj^  viij''."  *  The  books  referred  to  were  probably  copies  of 
the  "  Register." 

There  are  three  copies  in  the  British  Museum — pressmarks, 
697.  f  14.,  858.  c.  I.  (i.),  and  109.  a.  5. — but  only  the  first-named 
is  perfect.  It  should  be  noted  that  the  sheets  are  not  signed  in 
Waldegrave's  usual  manner,  for  the  first  three  leaves  of  each  quire 
have  both  signature  letter  and  number,  and  the  fourth  leaf  has 
neither  letter  nor  number. 

[1594?]  Certaine  Mat-  |  ters  Composed  |  together.  |  Genealogie  of  all  the 

284.  Kings  of  Scotland,  their  Hues,  the  yeares  of  |  their  Coronation,  the 
time  of  their  reigne,  the  yeare  of  their  death,  and  |  manner  thereof 
with  the  place  of  their  buriall.  |  Whole  Nobilitie  of  Scotland,  their 
Surnames,  their  titles  of  honour,  |  the  names  of  their  chiefe  houses,  | 
and  their  Marriages  |  Arch-bishoppricks,  Bishoppricks,  Abbacies, 
Priories,  an  Nun-  |  neries  of  Scotland.  |  Knights  of  Scotland.  | 
Forme  of  the  oath  of  a  Duke,  Earle,  Lord  of  Parliament,  and  of 
a  I  Knight.  |  Names  of  the  Barronnes,  Lairdes,  and  chiefe  Gemtle- 
men  \sic\  in  euery  |  Shirefdome.  |  Names  of  the  principall  Clannes  and 
Surnames  of  the  Bourders,  |  not  Landed.  |  Stewartries  and  Baylieries 
of  Scotland.  |  Order  of  the  calling  of  the  Table  of  the  Session.  | 
Description  of  whole  Scotland,  with  all  the  lies,  and  names  [ 
thereof  |  Most  rare  and  wonderfull  things  in  Scotland.  | 

*  "Stationers'  Registers,  A.,/.  268." 


Robert   Waldegraves   Undated  Works,  471 

Edinbvrgh,  |  Printed  by  Robert  Walde-graue  Pren-  |  ter  to  the 
Kings  Majestic.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  ] 

Quarto,  without  date,  but  about  1594.  Printed  in  roman  letter, 
without  paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  B  O  D^  E — H4 
F — K4.  One  leaf  precedes  Sig.  B,  and  another  leaf,  probably  its 
counterpart,  follows  the  first  Sig.  H.  Collation  : — Title,  verso  blank  ; 
Bi — E  I  The  Genealogie  of  the  Kings;  E2 — H5  (or  single  leaf) 
The  Earles,  &c. ;  Fi — K4  Description  of  Scotland. 

This  tract  was  reprinted  in  London  in  1603  "for  John  Flasket, 
dwelling  at  the  signe  of  the  Black  Beare  in  Paules  Churchyard." 
The  author  of  this  interesting  work  "  was  John  Monypenny  of 
Pitmilly,  and  the  second  or  London  edition  brings  down  the  inform- 
ation to  1597.  The  most  valuable  portions  of  the  tract  by  far  are 
fourteen  pages  in  double  columns  containing  '  The  Names  of  the 
Barons,  Lairds,  and  Chiefe  Gentlemen  in  every  sherifdome,'  and 
three  following  pages  enumerating  '  The  Names  of  the  principall 
Clannes  and  Surnames  in  the  Borders  not  landed,  and  Chiefe  Men 
of  note  amongst  them  at  this  present.'  " 

There  are  copies  of  this  work  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
G.  5005. — and  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  the  latter  imperfect. 

J 594-5]  -^  Trv^  Reportarie  [  Of  The  Most  Tri-  |  vmphant.  And  Royal 

285.  Accom-  I  plishment  of  the  Baptisme  of  the  |  most  Excellent,  right 
High,  and  ]  mightie  Prince,  |  Frederik  Henry  ;  By  the  grace  of  | 
God,  Prince  of  Scotland.  ]  Solemni5ed  the  30.  day  of  August. 
1594.  I  [Scoto-Danish  Arms.] 

Printed  by  R.  Walde-graue,  Printer  to  the  K.  Maiestie.  |  Cum 
priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  but  about  1594-5,  printed  in  black-letter, 
without  paging,  but  with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — D4. 
Collation  :— A  i  Title,  Scoto-Danish  Arms  on  verso  ;  A  2~D  3^  A 
True  Reportarie  ;  D  3^ — 4  blank. 


472  Robert   Waldegrave  s   Undated  Works. 

"  This  curious  volume  contains  an  account  of  the  Masques, 
Pageants,  Ceremonies  and  Entertainments  on  the  occasion.  In 
the  Masque  of  the  Three  Christians,  Three  Turkes  and  the  three 
Amazones,  '  Last  of  all,  came  in  three  Amazones  in  womens  attyre, 
veri  sumptuouslie  clad,  and  these  were,  the  Lord  of  Lendores,  the 
Laird  of  Barclewch,  and  the  Abbote  of  Holie  rood  House.'  " 

A  copy  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,   G.  6170. 

[ISPS'*]  [Poems,  by  John  Burel.] 

286.  Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 

words, and  signatures  A — O^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  but  wanting 
in  the  only  copy  known  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Poetical  Dedication,  beginning 
"To  the  Richt  |  High,  Lodvvik  Dvke  of  Lenox,  |  Earl  Darnlie, 
Lord  Tarbolton,  Methwen  and  Aubig-  |  ne,  &c.  gret  Chamberlaine 
of  Scotland,  John  Bv-  |  rel,  wisheth  lang  life,  with  happy  succes  in 
all  your  |  attempts,  and  efter  daith  the  ioyes  euerlasting.  |  "  A  3 — 4, 
pp.  [4],  Poetical  Preface ;  B  i — H  2  Pamphilus  speakand  of  Lufe,  in 
octave  stanzas  ;  H  3 — I  3^  The  Adition  of  the  Translater,  also  in 
octave  stanzas  ;  I  3*^  To  the  Reader ;  I  4 — K  4  An  Aplication  Con- 
cerning ovr  Kings  Maiesties  Persovn  ;  Li — M  3=^  The  Discription 
of  the  Oveens  Maiesties  Maist  Honorable  Entry  into  the  Tovn  of 
Edinbvrgh,  vpon  the  19.  Day  of  Maij,  1590,  in  six-line  stanzas; 
M  3*^ — O  4^  The  Passage  of  the  Pilgremer,  Devidet  into  twa  Pairts ; 
O4''  blank. 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  work  contains  a  MS.  letter  by 
George  Chalmers,  who  attributes  it  to  the  press  of  Waldegrave 
about  1595  or  1596.  It  was  sold  at  Bright's  sale  in  1845  for  ^13  13/-, 
and  is  now  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  21.  b. 

Several  of  Burel's  poems  were  reprinted  by  Watson  in  his 
"Choice  Collection  of  Scots  Poems,"  Edinburgh,    1709. 


Robert   Waldegrave  s   Undated  Works.  473 

iS9S?J  De  Proso-  |  dia  Libellvs.  |  Avthore  G.    Bv-  ]  chanano.  |  [Ross's 

287.  small  device.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Walde-graue  Typographus 
Regius.  I  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Small  octavo,  without  date,  but  in  all  probability  printed  in  1595. 
The  work  is  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signatures  A  B^  C^.  Collation: — A  i^  Title, 
with  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page;  Ai''  Lectori;  A  2 — C  2=* 
Libellus  ;  C  2^  blank. 

The  only  copy  known  is  in  the  library  of  the  University  of 
Edinburgh. 

[1600?]  Saint  I  Peters  Com-  |  plaint.  |  With  other  Poems.  | 

288.  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed    by    Robert    Walde-graue  |  Printer   to    the 
Kings  Majestie.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  but  about  1600,  printed  in  roman  letter, 
with  paging,  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — G-*.  Collation  : — A  i 
Title,  within  a  border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  The  Author  to  the 
Reader  ;  A  3 — G  4*  Saint  Peter's  Complaint,  &c.  ;  G  4^  blank. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  of  Robert  Southwell's  poem  is  in  the 
British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  39.  e.  31.  It  formerly  belonged  to 
George  Chalmers. 

The  editor  of  the  "  Bibliotheca  Anglo-Poetica,"  in  noticing  this 
edition,  remarks  that  it  "contains  the  same  as  in  the  London  of 
1595  and  1599,  except  that  the  epistle  from  the  '  Avthor  to  his 
loving  Cosin,'  has  been  omitted,  and  there  has  been  added  between 
'  Saint  Peters  Complaint,'  and  the  minor  poems,  a  sonnet  entitled 
'A  sinfull  soule  to  Christ.'" 

[1600?]  Certain     Ser-   |  mons,     preached   |  by    H.    Smyth.    |  Taken    by 

289.  Characterie  |  and  examined  after,  j  The  Contents  whereof,  are  |  set 
downe  in  the  Page  |  following.  | 


474  Robert  Waldegrave' s  Undated  Works. 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Imprinted  By  (  Robert  Walde-graue.  [ 
Small  octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — G^  I — [Lp.  The  only  example  that  we  have 
seen  does  not  go  beyond  L  i,  and  from  the  Contents  it  is  probable 
that  that  sheet  completed  the  work.  There  is  no  date  upon  the 
work,  but  we  think  it  may  have  been  printed  about  the  year  1600. 
The  copy  examined  is  in  Aberdeen  University  Library. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

ROBERT     SMYTH. 

'V  /"ERY  little  is  known  of  the  life  of  Robert  vSmyth,  the  printer. 
There  is  every  probability  that  he  was  an  Englishman,  and 
that  he  is  the  same  who  was  apprenticed  to  Hugh  Singleton,  the 
London  printer,  for  twelve  years  from  2nd  February,  1564-5.  The 
entry  in  the  Stationers'  Register  records  that  "  Roberte  Smythe  the 
Sonne  of  John  Smythe  of  Westbury  vnder  the  Playne  in  the  Countye 
of  Wyl[t]shire  clothman  hath  put  hym  self  apprentes  to  hewghe 
syngleton  Cytizen  and  stacioner  of  London  from  the  feaste  of  the 
puryfication  of  the  blessed  virgen  mary  anno  1564  [2  February,  1565] 
twelve  yeres.  vj*^."  * 

Nothing  has  been  discovered  regarding  Smyth's  career  as  a 
printer  until  his  commencing  business  in  Edinburgh  in  the  year  1592. 
If  we  may  judge  from  the  scarcity  of  his  imprint,  he  appears  to  have 
printed  very  few  books  ;  but  many  works  that  issued  from  his  press 
must  be  completely  lost.  He  had  45  copies  of  Rolland's  "  Sevin 
Seages"  at  the  time  of  his  death,  50  copies  of .  the  Psalms,  1034 
copies  of  the  "  Dundie  Psalmes,"  and  many  copies  of  the  Catechism, 
but  all  these  are  only  known  to  us  by  single  copies,  as  will  be  seen 
in  the  sequel.  His  editions  of  Henryson's  "Fables  of  Esop  "  and 
"  Testament  of  Cresseid,"  his  "  Gray  Steillis  "  and  "  Winter  Nychtis," 
his  "  Latyne  grammers"  and  numerous  other  school  books,  have 
completely  disappeared. 

*  Stationers'  Registers,  A.,  f.  J12K 


476 


Robert  Smyih. 


Smyth  was  twice  married,  first  to  Catherine  Norwell,  the  widow 
of  Thomas  Bassandyne  the  printer,  and  afterwards  to  Jonet  Gairden. 
His  first  wife  died  on  the  8th  August,  1593,  having  made  a  will  on 
the  day  of  her  death  in  which  she  left  her  husband,  and  Alesoun 
Bassandyne,  her  daughter  by  her  former  marriage,  her  executors. 
At  the  same  time  an  inventory  was  made  of  her  own  and  her 
husband's  effects,  which  will  be  read  with  considerable  interest, 
although  it  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  that  no  details  of  the  books 
in  stock  are  given. 

Vol.  XXIX.  The  Testament  Testamentar,  and  Inventar 

Katherene  Nor-     of  the  guidis,  geir  sowmes  of  money,  and  detis 

well,  pertening  to  vmquhile   Katherne   Norvell, 

Secundo  Junij,        sumtyme    spous   to    Robert    Smyth    Librar 

1596.  Burges  of  Edinburgh,  the  tyme  of  hir  deceis, 

quha  decessit  vpon  the  aucht  day  of  August, 

the  3eir  of  God  I'".  V'^lxxxxiij  ^eiris,  faythfullie 

maid  and  gevin  vp  be  hir  selff  vpon  the  viij 

day  of  August,  the  jeir  of  God  forsaidis,  in 

sa  far  as  concernis  the  nominatioun  of  execu- 

touris  legaceis,  detis  awin  to  hir  and  be  hir, 

for  the  maist  pairt ;  and  presentlie  gevin  vp 

be    the    said    Robert    Smyth,   hir   spous,   and 

Allisoun  Bassindyne,  hir  dochter,  in  sa  far  as 

concernis  the  inventar  of  hir  guidis  and  geir, 

detis    awin    to    hir   and    be    hir,   quhom  scho 

nominate  hir  onelie  executouris  and  vniuersall 

intromittouris  with  hir  guidis  and  geir,  in  hir 

lettre-will  vnderwrittin,  as  the  samyn,  of  the 

daitt  forsaid,  at  lenth  proportis. 

In  the  first,  the  said  vmquhile  Katherne  Norwell,  and  hir 

said  Spous,  had  the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and  detis,  of  the 


Robert  Smyth.  477 

availl  and  prices  efter  following,  pertening  to  hir  the  tyme  of  hir 
cleceis,   forsaid,  viz.  : — Item,  in  the  hous,  ane  steik  of  burras,  price 
xvij  li.      Item,  ane  steik  of  growgrame  of  silk,  price  xxiiij  li.     Item, 
ane  pund  wecht  blak  silk,  price  x  li.      Item,  ane  lapteir  of  canvage, 
price  iij  li.      Item,  sex  ryme  pot  paper,  estimat  to  xij  li.     Item,  xxij 
ryme  Scotis  prenting  paper,  price  of  thahaill,  xxviij  li.  xij  d.     Item, 
the  prentting  lumes,  estimat  to  the  soum  of  Y  ^i-      Item,  ane  sylwer 
peice  and  nyne  sylwer  spones,  estimat  to  xxviij  vnces  wecht,  price  of 
the  vnce  liij  s.  iii  d.— summa,  liij  li.  vj  s.  viij  d.      Item,  of  prenting 
ink,  estimat  to  vj  li.     Item,  the  haill  buikis  in  the  bwith  estimat  to 
the  soum  of  j^.iiij^.viij  li.      Item,  of  reddy  gold  and  syluer,  the  soum 
of  Ixxxxij  li.   xiij  s.    iiij  d.       Item,  in  vtencilis  and  domicilis  sylwer 
work,  with  the  ornamentis  and  abuilzeamentis  of  hir  body,  by  the 
airschipe,  estimat  to  the  soum  of  i<=  li.  money. 
Summa  of  the  Inventar,   I'^.viij'^.liiij  li.  xii  d. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  was  awin  to  the  said  vmquhile  Katherne  Norwell, 
and  hir  said  spous  be  Dauid  Palmvre,  Burges  of  Edinburgh,  and 
Alesoun  Bassindyne  his  spous,  of  byrun  anuell,  the  soum  of  iij'^lx  li. 
Item,  be  Katherne  Geddeis,  relict  of  vmquhile  John  Carswall,  ten 
merkis.  Item,  be  Andro  Ruthven,  in  Plesance,  v  merkis.  Item,  be 
Micheall  Flebairne,  Merchand  in  Edinburgh,  Ixix  li.  Item,  be 
Mr  Gedione  Murray  of  Glenport,  vj  li.  Item,  be  Henry  Charter- 
hous,  Librar,  xiij  li.  Item,  be  Jonat  Curie,  x  li.  x  s.  Item,  mair  be 
the  said  Jonat  Curie,  the  soum  of  ij*^  merkis.  Item,  be  John 
Andersoun,  Tail^eour,  x  li.  The  debt  vnderwritin  gevin  vp  be  the 
executouris.  Item,  be  Margaret  Forman,  relict  of  vmquhile  Dauid 
Steinsoun,  xx  li. 

Summa  of  the  dettis  awin  to  the  Deid,  Vj'^xxxj  li.  xvj  s.  viij  d. 

Summa  of  the  Inventar  with  the  detis,  Ij"Hiij<^lxxxvj  li.  viij  s.  8d. 


478  Robert  Smyth. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  be  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  was  awin  be  the  said  vmquhile  Jonat  Norwell,  and 
hir  said  spous.  To  Johne  Howiesoun,  xij  H.  Item,  to  Richert 
Field,  Inglischman,  vj  H.  sterling  at  viij  s.  the  testane — summa,  in 
Scotis  money,  xlviij  li.  Item,  to  Mr  Herculeis  Franceis,  1  s.  sterling 
to  viij  s.  the  testane — summa,  in  Scotis  money,  xx  li.  Item,  to 
James  Norwallis  bairnes,  iij'^v  li.  iij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  to  Margaret 
Prestoun,  for  hir  fie,  viij  li.  Item,  to  Lawrance  Fentoune  of  byrun 
anuell,  xij  li. 

Summa  of  the  Detis  awin  be  the  Deid,  Iiij<=v  li.   iij  s.  iiij  d. 

Restis  of  frie  geir,  the  detis  deduceit,  Ij'"lxxxj  li.  v  s.  iiij  d. 

To  be  diuidit  in  tua  pairtis,  Deidis  pairtis  I'^xl  li.  xij  s.  viij  d. 

Quhairof  the  quot  is  componit  for  xxx  li. 

Followis  the  Deidis  Legacie  and  Lettrewill. 
At  Edinburgh,  the  aucht  day  of  August,  the  jeir  of  God 
I'^.V'^.lxxxxiij  ■;eiris,  I  Katherne  Norwell,  spous  to  Robert  Smyth, 
Librar,  Burges  of  Edinburgh,  being  seik  in  body,  alwayis  haill  in 
mynd  and  spreit,  knawing  nathing  mair  certane  nor  daith,  and 
nathing  mair  incertane  nor  the  hour  thairof  Ouhairfor,  to  the  end 
I  may  be  the  mair  reddy  quhen  it  sail  pleis  the  Almyghtie  God  to 
call  me  to  eternal  lyff,  I  leiff  my  saull  to  the  Eternall  God,  hoiping 
throw  his  mercie  to  be  sauit  throw  his  blude  sched  for  me  and 
synneris  ;  and  my  mortall  bodie  to  be  bureit  in  the  commoun  buriall 
of  Edinburgh.  Item,  I  mak,  nominat,  and  constitut  the  said  Robert 
Smyth  my  spous,  and  Alesoun  Bassindyne  my  dochter,  my  only 
executouris  and  vniuersall  intromittouris  with  my  guidis  and  geir, 
with  power  to  thame  to  gif  vp  Inuentar,  and  confirm  my  testament, 
as  thai  will  ansser  to  God.  By  and  attour  the  sowme  of  tua  hun- 
dreth  merkis  auchtand  be  the  said  Jonet,  quhilk  I  with  aduyse  of 
my  saidis  executouris  legewis  and  legattis  to  be  dottit  to  the  Hospitall 


Robert  Smyth.  ^70 

of  the  said  burgh  of  Edinburgh,  efter  my  said  husbandis  deceis  ;  and 
in  the  menetyme  lewis  the  vse  of  the  said  sowme  to  him  during  hir 
lyftyme :  And  the  presentatioun  thairof  to  be  in  the  handis  of  ane 
of  the  neirest  of  my  kin.  In  the  first,  I  leif  to  the  said  Robert  my 
husband,  ane  plane  ring  of  gold.  Item,  to  the  said  Alesoun,  my 
dochter,  my  tua  best  new  blak  gowneis,  tua  pair  of  new  cloikis,  and 
tua  new  wylie  coittis,  with  ane  signet  of  gold,  and  ane  ring  with  tua 
staneis.  Item,  to  Margaret  Leirmont,  ane  litill  ring  of  gold.  Item, 
to  Jonet  Norvell,  my  broder  dochter,  tua  gowneis,  ane  thairof  worsett, 
and  ane  vther  of  Frenche  blak,  with  ane  wylie  coit  of  reid  stemming, 
ane  pair  of  cloikis  of  hundscott,  and  ane  siluer  belt  of  thrie  vnce 
-wecht.  Item,  tua  pair  of  hardin  sheittis,  tua  lang  round  towellis, 
tua  round  buird  clay  this,  and  ane  dozen  round  seruiottis.  Item, 
lykwayis  leuis  to  the  said  Jonet  ane  hundreth  merkis,  quhilk  I  will 
and  declairis  salbe  payit  to  hir  quhat  tyme  and  quhen  soewer  it  sail 
pleis  God  to  offer  hir  ane  convenient  partie  with  quhome  scho  sail 
jwne  in  manage,  with  adwyse  of  the  saidis  Robert  Smyth,  Alesoun 
Bassindyne,  and  Cornelius  Inglis.  Item,  I  legat  and  lewis  to 
Margaret  Norvell,  dochter  to  vmquhile  Thomas  Norvell,  the  sowme 
of  ane  hundreth  merkis,  to  be  payit  to  hir  quhen  scho  mareis  in 
manner  and  with  adwyse  foirsaid.  Item,  to  Alexander  Norvell, 
sone  and  air  of  vmquhile  James  Norvell,  the  sowme  of  l  merkis. 
Item,  to  Issobell  Norvell,  spous  to  Edmond  Mayne,  my  broder 
dochter,  the  sowme  of  xlviij  merkis.  Item,  to  Dauid  Touris  bairneis, 
the  sowme  of  l  merkis,  to  be  equallie  diuidit  amangis  them  all. 
Item,  to  Margaret  Prestoun,  my  seruand,  xx  merkis.  Item,  to  John 
Broun,  Prentar,  v  merkis.  Item,  to  Andro  Aysoun,  Prentar,  thrie 
merkis.  Item,  to  ewerie  ane  of  the  pure  folkis  in  the  Hospitall  of 
the  Trinitie  College,  and  of  the  Toun  College  of  the  west  end  of 
the  College  Kirk,  iij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  to  Issobel  Flemyng,  the  sowme 
of  ten   merkis.     This   wes  done   in   the  duelling  hous  of  the  said 


480  Robert  Smyth. 

Robert  Smyth,  day,  -eir,  and  place  foirsaidis.  Befoir  thir  Witnesses, 
Johnne  Howesoun,  Andro  Richiesoun,  Merchandis  Burgessis  of 
Edinburgh  ;  Walter  Henrysoun,  Writtar  to  our  Souerane  Lordis 
Signet ;  Alexander  Pyote,  his  seruand.  Sic  subscribitur  ita  est 
RoDERTUS  Lauder,  Notarius  Publicus  ac  testis  in  premissis  rogatus, 
et  requisitus  testantibus  meis  signo  et  subscriptione  manualibus. 

In  1599  Robert  Smyth  obtained  the  following  licence  empowering 
him  to  print  numerous  books  for  twenty  years.  Among  those  men- 
tioned are  several  that  we  recognise  in  the  inventory  of  his  stock, 
taken  at  the  time  of  his  death — • 

Ane  Jettre  maid  to  Robert  Smith,  librar,  burges  of  Edinburgh, 

gevand,  grantand  and  disponand  to  him  licience  and  priviledge  to 

imprent  be  himself,  his  servandis  and  utheris  in  his  name,  within  this 

realme,  the  double  and  single  Cathechismes,  the  plane  Donet,  the 

haill  four  pairtis  of  grammer  according  to  Sebastiane,  the  Dialauges 

of  Corderius,  the  celect  and   familiar  Epistles  of   Cicero,  the  bulk 

callit    Sevin    Seages,    the    Ballat    bulk,    the    Secund    rudimentis    of 

Dunbar,   the   Psalmes  of  Buchannan,    and    Psalme  bulk,  als  oft  as 

occasioun  sail  serve  and    as   the  said   Robert  sail   think  meit  and 

expedient,   during   all   the    space   and    yeiris  of  tuentie  fyve  yeiris 

nixt  efter  the  day  and  dait  heirof ;  with  power  to  the  said  Robert, 

be  himselff  and  utheris  in  his  name,  to  use  and  exerce  the  airt  and 

craft  of  imprenting  of  the  saidis  volumes  and  warkis,  with  all  and 

sindrie  fredomes,  priviledgis  and  immunities  perteining  and  belanging 

to  the  airt  and  craft  of  imprenting,  siclyik  and  als  frielie  in  all  respectis 

as  onic  uther  hcirtofoir  hes  useit  or  may  use  and  exerce  the  samen 

in  tymes  cuming  ;  with  expres  command  and  inhibitioun  to  all  and 

sindrie  oure  soverane  lordis  liegis  and  subjectis  that  they,  nor  nana 

of  thame,  presume  nor  tak  upoun  hand  to  imprint  onie  of  the  saidis 

buikis  and  volumes,  or  to  caus  the  samcn  be  imprentit,  within  this 


Robert  Smyth.  481 

realme  or  outwith  the  samen,  or  yit  to  by  and  bring  with[in]  the 
samen  furth  of  onie  uther  pairtis  ony  of  the  saidis  warkis,  to  sell  the 
same  within  this  realme,  during  the  space  abounwrittin,  ilk  persone 
under  the  pane  of  fyve  hundereth  pundis  and  confiscatioun  of  the 
haill  buikis  that  salhappin  to  be  imprcntit,  brocht  hame  or  sauld  be 
ony  uther  persone  nor  the  said  Robert  according  to  the  tennoure 
heirof,  the  ane  halff  of  the  samen  to  be  appliit  to  oure  said  soverane 
lordis  use,  and  the  uther  halff  to  the  said  Robert  for  his  labouris  and 
panis  ;  certifieing  the  saidis  persones,  and  everie  ane  of  thame,  and 
they  or  onie  of  thame  do  or  attempt  onie  think  in  contrair  heirof, 
tending  to  the  hurt  and  prejudice  of  the  said  Robert,  the  folrsaid 
pane  and  confiscatioun  salbe  useit  and  execute  aganis  thame  with  all 
rigour  ;  and  to  this  effect  gevis  and  grantis  speciall  power  and  com- 
missioun  during  the  space  abounwrittin  to  the  said  Robert,  or  onie 
utheris  quhome  he  pleisis  to  appoynt  and  nominal,  to  seirche,  seik 
and  apprehend  the  foirsaidis  warkis  and  volumes  imprentit,  brocht 
hame  or  sauld  within  this  realme  be  onie  uther  persone  or  persounes 
nor  the  said  Robertis  selff  and  his  foirsaidis,  and  ordanis  utheris 
lettres,  gif  neid  beis,  to  be  direct  thairupoun  be  the  Lordis  of 
Sessioun,  Secreit  Counsall  or  Chekquer,  for  publicatioun  heirof  at 
the  mercate  croce  of  Edinburgh  and  utheris  places  neidfull,  frielie, 
quietlie  &c.,  but  oure  revocatioun  etc.  At  Halierudhous,  the  third 
day  of  December,  the  yeir  of  God  j">v=  fourescoir  nyntene  yeiris. 

per  Signaturam.* 

Here  we  may  mention  that  these  licences  were  held  repeatedly 
by  men  who  never  printed  in  Scotland,  and  who  either  imported  the 
works  or  allowed  their  privileges  to  lie  dormant.  On  20th  September, 
1585,  George  Young,  Archdeacon  of  St.  Andrews,  obtained  such  a 
licence,  which  he  assigned  to  Gilbert  Masterton,  burgess  in  Edin- 

*Resist.  Secret i  Sigilli,  lib.  Ixxj,  fol.  86. 
3  M 


482 


Robert  Smyth. 


Robert  Smyth, 

xvij  February, 

1604. 


burgh,  who  in  turn  sold  the  privilege  to  John  Gibson,  bookbinder. 
Gibson  received  confirmation  of  his  privilege  for  nineteen  years  on 
the  20th  June,  1589;  and,  on  the  13th  May,  1590,  and  again  in  July, 
1599,  additional  powers  were  granted  to  him.  On  the  28th  October, 
1590,  Zachary  Pont  was  also  licensed  to  print  books;  but,  so  far  as 
we  know,  none  of  these  men  were  practical  printers,  neither  were 
they  proprietors  of  printing  offices  in  Scotland. 

Robert  Smyth  died  on  the  ist  of  May,  1602,  and  was  survived 

by  his  second  wife,  Jonet  Gairden,  and  by  two  children,  David  and 

Issobell.     The   inventory  of  his  stock,    to   which   we  have  already 

alluded,  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  that  series  of  documents — 

(Vol.  XXXVIII.)        The   Testament    Datiue   and    Inuentar  of 

the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and  dettis 

pertening  to  vmquhile  Robert  Smyth,  Librar, 

Burges  of  Edinburgh,  the  tyme  of  his  deceis, 

quha  deceist  vpon  the  first  day  of  May  the 

^eir  of  God  I"\Vj'^.  tua  -^eiris,  faythfullie  maid 

and  gevin  vp  be  Jonet  Gairdin,  his  relict  spous, 

in    name  and    behalf  of   Dauid  and   Issobell 

Smythis   bairnis,    by  the  air ;   quhilkis  Dauid 

and    Issobell    Smythis  ar  executouris  datiues 

surrogat    to    thair    said    vmquhile    Fader,    in 

place  of  the  Procurator  fischall,  be  decreit  of 

the  Commisseris  of  Edinburgh,  as  the  samyn 

decreit,    of  the  dait  at   Edinburgh   the    thrid 

day  of   December,    the    ';eir   of  God    I'".Vj=. 

thrie  ■^eiris,  at  lenth  proportis. 

In  the  First,  the  said  vmquhile  Robert  Smyth  had  the  guidis, 

geir,   sowmes  of  money,  and   dettis  of  the  awaill  and   prices  after 

following,  pertening  to  him  the  tyme  of  his  deceis  foirsaid,  viz. — 

Item,  in  his  buyth,  the  prentit  buikis  following,  all  vnbund,  extending 


Robert  Sniylli.  483 

in  the  haill  to  aucht  scoir  rymmis  of  prentit  pa[)er,  price  of  the  rym 
L  s.  Followis  the  names  of  the  buikis,  viz. — xxviij  hundreth  and  Ix 
First  pairtis  of  Latyne  grammer.  Item,  xviij  hundreth  and  xx 
Secund  partis  of  grammer.  Item,  aucht  hundreth  and  fowrtie 
Thrid  and  fourt  partis.  Item,  tuelf  hundreth  and  fyftie  aucht 
Colloquia  Corderij.  Item,  aucht  hundreth  and  fyftene  Colloquia 
Erasmi.  Item,  tuelf  hundreth  Ixxv  Select  EpissilHs  of  Cicero. 
Item,  XX  hundreth  Prayeris  befoir  the  Psahnes.  Item,  thrie 
hundreth  Callendaris  to  the  Psalmes.  Item,  tua  hundreth  xlviij 
doubill  Catechismes.  Item,  ane  thousand  xxxiiij  Dundie  Psalmes. 
Item,  sevin  hundreth  xliij  Fabilis  of  Isope.  Item,  xj  hundreth 
xxxiiij  Winter  Nychtis.  Item,  xvj^xxxviij  Cressedis.  Item,  tua 
hundreth  xxxij  Gray  Steillis.  Item,  fyftie  Psalme  buikis.  Item, 
xlv  Sevin  Seagis.  Item,  sevin  hundreth  xxxvj  Donettis.  Item, 
iij<=xxxvij  Catois.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  xxxviij  secund  Rudimentis. 
Item,  ane  hundreth  fyftie  fyve  singill  Catechesis.  Item,  sex  hundreth 
Ixxx  Dicta  Sapientum.  Item,  nyne  hundreth  xxxiiij  Sulpicius  de 
moribus.  Item,  four  hundreth  xxxiiij  Concordancis.  Item,  tua 
hundreth  xxiiij  Latyne  alphabettis.  Summa  of  the  haill  buikis 
extendis  to  iiij'=  li.  Item,  the  printen  lettres  and  presse,  with  the 
vther  instrumentis  belanging  thairto,  in  the  buith,  estimat  to  the 
sowme  of  ij<=  li.  Item,  sawin  on  the  ground,  half  ane  boll  beir, 
estimat  to  the  feird  corne  extending  to  tua  bollis  beir,  price  of  the 
boll  with  the  fodder,  x  li. — summa,  xx  li.  Item,  mair  sawin  on  the 
ground  ane  boll  aittis,  estimat  to  the  thrid  corne,  extending  to  thrie 
bollis  aittis,  price  of  the  boll  with  the  fodder,  ten  merkis — summa, 
XX  li.  Item,  in  vtencilis,  and  domicilis,  with  the  abuil5ementis  of 
his  body,  by  the  airschipe,  estimat  to  xl  li. 
Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  Vj'^lxxx  li. 


484  Robert  Smyth. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  was  awin  to  the  said  vmquhile  Robert  Smyth,  be 
Patrik  Lyndesay,  tail^eour  in  Edinburgh,  'if  li.  Item,  be  Thomas 
Findlasoun,  merchand,  v<=  merkis.  Item,  be  George  Thoirbrand, 
merchand  in  Edinburgh,  ]•=!  merkis.  Item,  be  Mr  Alexander 
McGyll,  Proveist  of  Corstorphing,  j'^xx  merkis.  Item,  be  Gilbert 
Gray  of  North  Banderrane,  vif  merkis.  Item,  be  Thomas  Gray  of 
Buttercace  [Buttergask]  ij=  merkis.  Item  be  vmquhile  Mr  Richard 
Gray,  his  airis,  executouris,  and  intrometteris  with  his  guidis  and 
geir,  Y  merkis. 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awin  in  I'^j'^xiij  li.  vj  s.  8  d. 

Summa  of  the  Inuentar,  with  the  dettis,  I'"vij=lxx.\xiij  li.  vj  s.  8d. 

To  be  diuidit  in  thrie  pairtis,  Deidis  pairtis  V'^lxxxxvij  li.  xvj  s.  v  d. 

Ouhairof  the  quot  is  componit  for  xx  li. 

We  Mr  Johne  Nicolsoun,  &c 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 

ROBERT    SMYTH'S    WORKS. 

.1592-5     T  T  EIR   Beginnis  |  The  Sevin  |  Seages  |  Translatit  out  of  Prois 
290.  in  I  Scottis    Meiter,    be    Ihon  |  Rolland  in   Dalkeith.  |  With 

ane  Moralitie  eftir  euerie  doctouris  |  Tale,  and  siklyke  eftir  the 
Em-  I  price  Tale  |  Togidder  with  ane  louing  and  lawd  to  euery 
Doctour  I  eftir  his  awin  Tale  :  And  ane  Exclamatioun  |  and  out- 
crying vpon  the  Empreours  |  Wyfe,  eftir  hir  fals  con-  |  trused  Tale.  | 

Edinbvrgh  |  Prentit  be  Robert  Smyth  dwelland  |  at  the  nether 
Bow.  I  M.D.XCII.  I  Cum  Priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — R^  S^.  The  book  is  very  much  cropped  in  width, 
but  the  thick  wire  lines  run  across  the  pages,  and  the  watermark  is 
in  the  centre  at  the  back  folding.  Collation: — Ai  Title,  verso  blank; 
Aij — iij,  pp.  4-6  (p.  4  on  Aij'^),  and  A  6 — R8^  pp.  11 -2 71  (p.  271  on 
R  S''),  The  Seuin  Segis  ;  A  4 — 5,  pp.  7-10,  are  wanting;  at  foot  of 
R  8"^  "  Prentit  at  Edinburgh  be  Robert  Smyth,  |  and  ar  to  be  sauld 
in  his  buith  at  the  |  Nether  bow.  1595.  |  "  Si,  pp.  [2],  Ane  schort 
schawing  ;  S  2^  Colophon,  "  Imprented  At  |  Edinburgh,  Be  |  Robert 
Smyth.  I  And  ar  to  be  sauld  in  his  Buith  at  |  the  Nether-Bow,  | 
M,D,XCV.  I  "  S  2^  blank.  A  full  page  has  42  lines,  exclusive  of 
running  head-lines. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  date  on  the  titlepage  does  not  agree 
with  that  on  the  colophon,  which  is  three  years  later.      It  is  most 


\ 


f» 


486  Robert  Smyth's  Works. 

probable  that  1595  is  the  true  year  of  publication,  and  that  the  book 
was  three  years  in  passing  through  the  press — not  an  unlikely 
circumstance  with  so  large  a  work,  printed  in  sheets  of  eights,  with 
a  small  supply  of  types. 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  edition  of  Rolland's  "Seven  Sages" 
is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  239.  h.  8.  This  edition  is 
entered  in  the  Harleian  Library  Catalogue,  Vol.  IV.,  No.  13,877, 
and  again  in  Vol.  V.,  No.  12,354.  These  entries  in  all  likelihood 
relate  to  one  copy,  probably  the  same  as  was  afterwards  in  the 
collection  of  George  III.,  and  now  in  the   British  Museum. 

The  printer  had  45  copies  of  the  book  in  stock  at  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1602. 

159s  Ane  godly  treatis,  calit  the  first  and  second  cumming  of  Christ, 

291-  with  the  tone  of  the  winters-nicht  :  shewing  brieflie  of  our  native 
blindness.      Be  James  Anderson,  minister  of  Christ  his  Evangell. 

Edinburgh,  Printed  be  Robert  Smyth,  dwelling  at  the  Nether 
Bow,    1595. 

Octavo,  sixteen  leaves. 

Herbert,  p.  15 19,  notes  an  edition  in  1599.  See  also  M 'Cries 
"  Life  of  Melville,"  p.  160,  note,  where  there  is  a  notice  of,  and 
quotations  from,  the  work.  The  author  was  minister  of  Collace, 
and  his  book  is  dedicated  "  to  the  right  godly  worshipfvll  and 
vigilant  pastor  in  Christs  kirke,  Johne  Erskin  of  Dun."  "  The 
excellence  of  this  small  work  (says  Dr.  M'Crie)  certainly  does  not 
lie  in  the  poetry  ;  but  it  went  through  several  editions."  He  adds 
that  Andro  Hart's  edition  was  printed  about  1614.  The  two  verses 
of  the  poem  transcribed  by  Dr.  M'Crie  are  octaves,  but  the  address 
of  the  author  to  Erskin  is  in  seven-line  stanzas. 

It  is  of  this  work  that  Smyth  had  11 34  copies  in  stock  at  the 
time  of  his  death  in  1602.     No  copy  is  known  to  us. 


Robert  Sinyi/is   Woi'/cs.  487 

1599  The   CL.  I  Psalmes   of  dauid  |  in   meitir  :  |  With   the   forme  of 

292.  prayeris  |  and  administratioun  of  the  Sa-  |  cramentis  &c.  Vsit  in 
the  I  Kirk  of  Scotland.  |  Ouhairunto  ar  addit  sindry  vther  |  Prayeris, 
with  the  Catechisme  of  |  M.  lohne  Calvin  and  ane  |  Kalender.  | 

Edinbvrgh.  |  C  Prentit  be  Robert  Smyth,  dwel-  |  land  at  the 
nether  Bow.  1  1 599.  |  Cum  priuilegio  Regali.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  paging  to  the  Psalms  on  the 
rectos  only,  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — Y^  Z^,  preceded  by  8 
leaves  without  signature.  Collation: — i^  Title,  within  a  border; 
i*^  Ane  Almanack ;  2 — 7  Kalendar,  the  eighth  leaf  to  complete 
this  quire  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf  preceding  the 
title;  A  I — B  8,  pp.  [32],  The  Confessioun  of  our  sinnis,  &c.  ; 
C  I — Z  I^  fif  14-161  (f.  14  on  Cij,  and  f.  161  on  Y  8),  The  Psalmes; 
Z  i''  Three  octave  stanzas,  beginning  "O  Lord  in  the  is  all  my 
trust "  ;  Z  2  is  wanting,  but  was  probably  blank. 

Following  the  Psalms  should  come  "  The  Catechisme,"  but,  in 
the  only  copy  of  the  edition  of  1599  which  we  have  seen,  the  date 
of  Calvin's  "Catechisme"  is  1602,  so  that  there  was  probably  an 
edition  of  the  entire  work  printed  in  that  year,  as  well  as  in  1599. 
Another  explanation  is  suggested  from  an  entry  in  the  printer's 
Inventory,  of  300  Calendars  to  the  Psalms.  Smyth  may  have 
thrown  off  a  large  impression  of  the  first  sheet,  and  used  these 
preliminary  leaves  as  new  editions  of  the  book  were  required,  so 
that,  except  the  eight  preliminary  leaves,  the  entire  book  under 
discussion  may  have  been  printed  in   1602. 

The  copy  above  referred  to  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark, 
G.  12152.     "The  Catechisme"  is  described  under  1602. 

1600  Ane  I  compendius  |  Buik    of  Godly  and   Spi-  |  rituall    Sangis.  | 

293.  Coll[e]ctit  out  of  sundrye  partes  of  the  |  Scripture,  with  sundr)'e 
vther  Bal-  ]  latis  changeit  out  of  prophaine  san-  |  gis  in  godly  sangis, 


488  Robert  Smyth's   Works. 

for  auoy-  |  ding  of  sin  and  harlatry,  with  |  augmentation  of  syndry 
I  gude  &  godly  ballatis  |  not  contenit  in  the  |  first  Edition.  | 

Exactly  correctit  and  newlye  |  Prented  at  Edinburgh  be  Ro-  | 
bert  Smyth  dwelling  at  |  the  nether  bow   1600  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — O^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a 
border,  verso  blank  ;  Aij^  The  Prologue  ;  Aij^ — 4  Ten  Command- 
ments, Lord's  Prayer,  &c. ;  Av— O;^  Ballatis  ;  07b_[8]  The  Tabill ; 
O  8  is  wanting,  and  is  supplied  in  MS. 

This  book,  commonly  called  the  "Dundee  Psalms" — of  which 
the  first  known  edition,  printed  in  1578,  was  noticed  at  page  338 — 
was  reprinted  in  1868,  under  the  editorship  of  Dr.  David  Laing, 
who  prefixed  to  it  a  learned  introduction. 

The  copy  described  above  is  the  only  one  known  of  this  edition, 
and  is  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  C.  39.  d.  63.  The  volume 
is  inlaid  throughout,  and  has  the  Duke  of  Roxburghe's  arms  on  the 
cover.  At  the  sale  of  that  nobleman's  library  in  18 12  it  fetched  ^21  ; 
it  was  re-sold  with  George  Chalmers's  library  in  1842,  when  it  was 
purchased  for  .1^15  on  behalf  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Corser,  Rector  of 
Stand,  Manchester.  On  the  dispersion  of  Mr.  Corser's  collection  it 
was  purchased  for  the  British  Museum. 

1602  The    Catechisme,     or   |    Maner    to    teich    chyldren   |    Christian 

294.  Religioun  |  Ouhairin  the  Minister  de-  |  mandis  |  the  questioun, 
and  the  Chyld  makis  answer  |  Made  be  the  excellent  Doctour  &  | 
Pastor  in  Christis  Kirk.  |  lohne  Calvin.  |  Ephese.  ii.  |  IT  The 
doctrine  of  the  Apostlis  &  |  Prophetis,  is  the  fondatioun  |  of  Christis 
Kirk.  I 

Edinbvrgh.  H  Prentit  be  Robert  Smyth  dwel-  [  land  at  the 
nether  bow  |   1602  |  Cum   Privilegio  Regali.  | 


Robert  Sniy til's    W^orks.  489 

Octavo,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — F^.  Collation  : — A  \  Title,  within  a 
border,  verso  blank  ;  Aij — F  8  Tht:  Catcchisme. 

The  copy  described  is  in  the   British    Museum — pressmark,  G. 
I  2 152. — appended  to  an  edition  of  the  Psalms,  dated   1599. 


CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

ROBERT     CHARTERIS. 

/^N  the  death  of  Henry  Charteris  in  1599  he  was  succeeded  in 
^^  business  as  bookseller  and  printer  by  his  son,  Robert.  We 
noticed  in  a  former  chapter  that  Henry  Charteris  left  his  son  Henry 
the  option  of  continuing  as  his  successor,  but  he  elected  otherwise, 
and  eventually  attained  the  position  of  Principal  in  the  University 
of  Edinburgh. 

Robert  Charteris  appears  to  have  been  King's  Printer  from  the 
very  beginning  of  his  career,  and  that  office  he  held  until  the  time 
of  his  death.  Of  his  life  very  little  is  known,  apart  from  the 
evidences  of  industry  and  prosperity  indicated  by  the  numerous 
productions  of  his  press,  and  the  substantial  sum  at  which  his 
belongings  were  valued  during  his  lifetime. 

His  wife,  Margaret  Wallace,  predeceased  him,  having  died  on 
the  ist  February,  1603.  At  that  time  an  inventory  was  taken  of 
his  stock  on  behalf  of  their  children.  Charteris  himself  died  about 
the  year  16 10. 

The  inventory  of  books  is  of  great  interest,  comprising,  as  it 
does,  500  copies  of  his  edition  of  Lyndsay's  "  Satyre  of  the  Thrie 
Estaits,"  500  "  Freiris  of  Beruick,"  500  "  Philotus,"  and  500  "  Guid 
Nychtis."  Of  two  of  these  books  no  copies  are  known  with  the 
imprint  of  Robert  Charteris. 


Robert  Charteris. 


491 


LACE. 

Vltimo  Marcij, 
160.^. 


(Vol.  XXXVII.)         The   Te.stament   d.\tiue,   and   Inuentak   of 

Margaret  Wal-     the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and  dettes 

pertening  to  vmquhile   Margaret  Wallace, 

sumtyme   spous   to   Mr   Robert  Ciiarterus, 

Prenter,    Burges  of   Edinburgh,  the   tyme  of 

hir  deceis,  quha  deceist  vpoun  the  first  day  of 

Februar,  the  ■^eir  of  God  I'".Vj=.  thrie  ■;eiris, 

ffaythfullie   maid   and  gevin   vp   be    Duncane 

and    Agnes    Wallaces    for   thame    selffis,    and 

in    name    and    behalf    of    Geillis    and    Jonet 

Wallaces,     minoris,     thair    lauchfull     sisteris ; 

quhilkis    Duncane,  Agnes,  Geillis,  and   Jonet 

Wallaces  ar  executouris  datiues,   surrogat  to 

thair   said    vmquhile    Sister,    in    place  of  the 

Procuratour  fischall,  be  decreit  of  the   Com- 

misseris  of  Edinburgh,  as  the  samyn  decreit, 

of  the  dait  at  Edinburgh,  the  .  .  .  day  of  .  .  . 

the  ^eir  of  God  foirsaid,  at  length  proportis. 

In  the  first,  the  said  vmquhile  Margaret  Wallace,  and  hir 

said  Spous,  had  the  guidis,  geir,  sowmes  of  money,  and  dettis  of  the 

awaill  and  prices  eftir  following,  pertening  to  thame  the  tyme  of  hir 

deceis  foirsaid,  viz. — Item,  in  his  buyth,  Ix  vnbund  Bybillis,  at  xl  s. 

the  pece — summa,  vj^"  li.      Item,  thrie  hundreth  Psalme  buikis,  with 

the  proiss  on  the  mergen,  at  vj  s.  the  pece — summa,  Ixxxx  li.      Item, 

thrie  hundreth  small  Psalme  buikis,  of  ane  vther  sort,  at  v  s.    the 

pece — summa,  Ixxv  li.     Item,  Ix  bairnes  Psalme  buikis,  at  vs.  the 

pece — summa,  xv  li.      Item,  sex  hundreth  Dauid  Lyndesayis  buikis, 

at    vij  s.    the    pece — summa,    ij<=x  li.       Item,    fyve   hundreth    Dauid 

Lyndesayis    playis,    at    iiij  s.    the    pece — summa,   j*^  li.       Item,    ane 

hundreth  and  ane  half  Rudimentis,  at  j  s.  viij  d.  the  pece — summa, 

xij  li.  x  s.      Item,  fyve  hundreth  Prognosticatiounes  at  iij  s.  iiij  d.  the 


492  Robert  Charteris. 

do. — summa,  vij  li.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  Secund  pairtis,  at  j  s.  the 
pece — summa,  xxv  li.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  Freiris  of  Beruick,  at 
vj  d.  the  pece — summa,  xij  li.  xs.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  Philotus 
buikis,  at  ij  s.  the  pece, — summa,  l  li.  Item,  fyve  hundreth  Guid 
Nychtis,  at  iij  s.  iiij  d.  the  pece  [dozen] — summa,  vij  li.  .  .  .  Item, 
fyve  hundreth  Thrid  and  fourt  pairtis,  at  viij  d.  the  pece — summa. 
xvj  li.  xiij  s.  iiij  d.  Item,  ane  hundreth  doubill  Catechismes,  at 
j  s.  viij  d.  the  pece — summa,  viij  li.  vj  s.  viij  d.  Item,  half  ane 
hundreth  New  Testamentis,  at  x  s.  the  pece — summa,  xxv  li.  Item, 
XX  ryme  Frensche  paper,  at  xl  s.  the  ryme — summa,  xl  li.  Item,  of 
reddie  money,  aucht  scoir,  xiij  li.  vj  s.  8  d.  Item,  in  vtencilis  and 
domicilis  siluer  wark,  by  the  airschipe,  with  the  abuil-^ementis  and 
ornamentis  of  hir  body,  estimat  to  the  sowme  of  iij'l  li.  money. 
Summa  of  the  Inventar,   I"".  lij'^.xxxvij  li.  vj  s.  8  d. 

Followis  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid. 

Item,  thair  was  awin  to  the  said  vmquhile  Margaret  Wallace, 
and  hir  said  Spous,  be  Patrik  Schairpe,  xx  li.  Item,  be  Duncane 
Wallace,  tai^eour,  conforme  to  ane  contract  of  mariage,  aucht 
hundreth  merkis. 

Summa  of  the  Dettis  awin  to  the  Deid,  V=liij  li.  vj  s.  viij  d. 

Summa  of  the  Inuentar  with  the  dettis,  J^.Viij^lxxxx  li.   13  s.  4d. 

To  be  diuidit  in  tua  pairtis,  Deidis  pairtis  Ix'^xlv  li.  vj  s.  8  d. 

Ouhairof  the  quot  is  componit  for  x  li. 

We  Mr  John  Nicolsoun,  &c 


CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

ROBERT    CHARTERIS'S     WORKS.  ^- 

1596  'T~^HE  CL.  Psalmes  of  David  in  Meter.  With  Prayers  and 
295.  ■*■  Catechisme,  according  to  the  forme  vsed  in  the  Kirk  of 
Scotland.  With  sundrie  other  things  quhilk  sal  be  declared  in 
the  Table.    .    .    . 

Edinburgh  Printed  be  Robert  Charteris.  1596.  Cum  Priuilegio 
Regali. 

Octavo,  Title  and  Calendar,  8  leaves:  Table,  2  leaves:  a — h  in 
eights  :  A — Vv  in  eights,  with  the  Psalms :  T/ic  Ordour  and 
Doctrine,  K — -G  in  eights. 

The  above  is  quoted  from  Hazlitt's  "  Collections  and  Notes," 
2nd  Series,  p.   546. 

1600  Theses   philosophical    quas   Dei   Opt.    Max.   ductu  et  auspiciis, 

2q6.  praeside  Joan.  Adamsonio,  ad  diem  iiii  Non.  Augusti,  in  aede  sacra 
regii  collegii,  tueri  conabimur  Adolescentes  35  ex  scholis  Edinburgi 
philosophicis,  hoc  1600  anno  emittendi,  Adamus  Bruceus,  &c. 

Excudebat  Edinburgi  Robertus  Charteris,  typographus  regius. 
1600. 

Quarto.  Quoted  from  Herbert's  "  Typographical  Antiquities," 
p.   1521. 


494  Robert  Charteris's   Works. 

1600  The  I  Palinod  |  of   lohn   Colvill,  |  Wherein    He   Doth   Pe-  \  ni- 

297.  tently  recant  his  former  proud  offences,  specially  that  treasonable 
dis-  I  course  latelie  made  by  him  |  against  |  The  vndoubted  and 
indeniable  title  |  of  his  dread  Soueraigne  Lord,  King  |  lames  the 
sixt,  vnto  the  |  crowne  of  England,  |  after  decease  of  |  her  Maiesty 
[  present.  |  [Small  oblong  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Charteris.  |   1600.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B^  O.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a 
border,  verso  blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  To  the  reader,  signed  A.  C.  ; 
A3— C4"  The  Palinod  of  lohn  Colvill;  C  4>'  blank. 

John  Colville,  the  author  of  this  book,  was  minister  of  Kilbride, 
and  a  time-serving,  unscrupulous  character.  He  was  exiled  from 
Scotland  for  the  part  he  took  in  the  insurrections  of  the  Earl  of 
Bothwell,  and  on  the  continent  became  a  convert  to  Roman 
Catholicism,  and  a  bitter  opponent  of  his  old  faith.  The  "  Palinod  " 
is  a  pretended  refutation  of  a  treatise  which  he  had  never  written, 
and  was  put  forth  to  try  and  win  the  king's  favour. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University,  and  an 
imperfect  copy  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1600  Cowries  Conspiracie  :    A  Discourse  of  the  vnnaturall  and  vyle 

298.  Conspiracie,  attempted  against  the  Kings  Maiesties  Person,  at 
Sanct-Iohnstoun,  vpon  Twysday  the  Fifth  of  August,    1600. 

Edinburgh,  Printed  by  Robert  Charteris,  1600.  Cum  Privilegio 
Regie. 

Three  sheets  and  a  half  Hurl.  IMiscell.  HL;  76.  Octavo. 
I  29  leaves.] 

The  above  is  quoted  from  Herbert's  "  Typographical  Anti- 
quities," [•>.    1 521. 


Robert  Chartcriis   Works.  495 

1600  Theses  physicae  tie  generatione  et  corruptione,  quas  favente  Deo 

299.    Opt.    Max.   defendere  conabor,    sub   praesidio  clarissimi  viri    D.   M. 

Joannis   Echlini,    philosophia;   jirofcssoris   in   alma  academla  Sanct- 

andreana  dignissimi,  Tobias  Mierbekius,  ad  diem  Aprilis,  in  collegio 

Mariano. 

Edinb.  excud.    Rob.  Charteris.     Cum  privilegio.      1600. 
Quarto.     Quoted   from    Herbert's   "  Typographical   Antiquities," 
p.    1521. 

The  I  Lyfe  And  Actis  |  Of  The  Maist  Illvster  |  And  Vailzeand 
Cam-  I  piovn  |  William  Wallace,  Knicht  of  Ellerslie.  |  Mainteiner 
and  defender  of  the  |  libertie  of  Scotland.  |  Cicero  2.  de  finibus.  | 
'i  Laudandus  est  is,  qui  mortem  oppetit  pro  Republica,  |  qui  doceat 
charlorem  esse  patriam  nobis,  quam  nosmet-  |  ipsos.  |  Cicer.  Philip. 
14.  I  H  Proprium  sapientis  est,  grata  eorum  virtutem  memoria  | 
prosequi,  qui  pro  Patria  vitam  profuderunt.  |  Cicer.  ibidem.  |  *  O 
fortunata  mors,  quae  naturae  debita,  pro  Patria  potis-  |  simum  est 
reddita.  |  Ovid.  2.  Fastor.  |  H  Et  memorem  famam,  qui  bene  gessit, 
habet.  |  [Composite  woodcut  of  eight  pieces.] 

Printed  at  Edinbvrgh  by  Ro-  |  bert  Charteris.  1601.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio   Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  with  signatures  a4  *i^  A — Z^. 
Collation  : — a  i  Title,  wanting  in  the  copy  examined,  but  supplied 
in  facsimile;  aij — 4,  Hi — 4,  pp.  [14],  Henry  Charteris's  Preface; 
1[5— 6,  pp.  [4],  The  Table;  A  i— Z  8^  The  Work;  Z  Si'  Colophon, 
"  Printed  At  At  {sic)  Edinbvrgh  |  By  Robert  Charteris.  1600,  |  on 
the  North  side  of  the  street,  )  fernent  the  salt  Trone.  j  "  There  is 
a  diamond-shaped  arabesque  ornament  under  the  colophon,  and 
arabesque  bands  above  and  below  the  colophon  and  ornament. 

Only  three  copies  are  known  of  this  edition  of  Blind  Harry's 
Poem — one,     described     above,     in     King's    College,     Cambridge, 


496  Robert  Charteris' s  Works. 

formerly  Rawlinson's  ;  a  second  in  the  possession  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire,  formerly  in  the  Roxburghe  Library,  and  sold  at  the 
dispersion  of  that  collection  in  181 2  for  £'i)'^  ;  the  third  copy, 
wanting  several  leaves,  was  in  the  library  of  the  late  Dr.  David 
Laing,  and  fetched  six  guineas  at  the  sale  of  his  library  in   1879. 

1601  De    I    Execrabili     Et    |    Nefanda     Fratrvm     Rvvenarvm,    |    in 

301.  Serenissimi  Scotorum  Regis  caput  conju-  |  ratione,  apud  Perthum 
Augusto  mense  |  An.  1600.  vera  ac  di-  |  lucida  narratio.  |  Cui 
praemissa  est  Prefationis  loco  velitatio  cum  Lectore  in  fide  &  | 
assensu  commodando  paulo  religiosiore.  |  His  accessere  ad  Regem 
Soteria,  Carmine  Heroico.  |  Ecce  improbi  tendunt  arcum,  aptant 
sagittas  suas  nervo,  ad  jaculandum  in  call-  |  gine  contra  rectos  corde. 
Atqui  istis  propositis  destruentur  :  lustus  enim  |  quid  operatus  est  ? 
Psal.  II.  vers.  2.  &  3.  |  [Small  woodcut  of  Scoto-Danish  Arms.] 

Edinbvrgi  Excvdebat  Ro-  |  bertvs  Charteris  |  Typographus. 
1 60 1.  I  Cum   Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  and  italic  letter,  with  paging,  catch- 
words, and  signatures  a — e^  A — E^  F — H4  I^.  Collation: — ai  Title, 
verso  blank  ;  a  2 — e  i  Ad  Lectorem  ;  e  2  blank  ;  A — I  2^  The  work  ; 
I  2^  blank. 

There  are  copies  in  the  Bodleian  Library — pressmark,  Gough, 
Scotland.  189. — in  the  library^  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  and  in 
the  University  Librar)^    Edinburgh. 

1602  Ane  1   Satyre   Of  |  The   Thrie    Estaits,   |  in   commendation   of 

302.  vertew  |  and  vituperation  of  vyce.  |  Maid  be  Sir  Dauid  Lindesay 
of  the  I  Mont,  alias,  Lyon  King  |  of  Armes.  |  [Charteris's  Device.] 

At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  Be  Robert  |  Charteris.  |  1602.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio  Regis.  | 


Robert  Charteris  s   Works.  497 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  B — V4,  besides  the  title,  one  leaf,  verso  blank.  The 
tidepage  is  surrounded  with  a  border ;  there  is  no  prefatory  matter ; 
the  text  begins  on  B  i  and  ends  on  V4^  At  foot  of  V4='  is  this 
colophon  : — "  Printed  at  Edinburgh  be  |  Robert  Charteris.  |  An. 
Do.  MDCII.  I  And  are  to  be  sauld  in  his  Buith  on  the  North-side  | 
of  the  Gait,  at  the  West-side  of  the  auld  [  Prouosts  Clos  head.  |  " 
V4'^  is  blank. 

In  the  inventory  of  Charteris's  stock,  taken  at  the  death  of  his 
wife,  we  find — "  Item,  600  (copies  of)  Dauid  Lyndesayis  buikis  at 
vij  s.  the  pece,  sumnia  ij<^x  li.  Item,  500  Dauid  Lyndesayis  Playis 
at  iiij  s.  the  pece,  summa  f  l'-" 

A  copy  of  the  "Satyre,"  formerly  George  Chalmers's,  is  in  the 
library  at  Britwell.  Another  copy,  seemingly  on  larger  and  finer 
paper,  but  wanting  last  line  of  titlepage,  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library 
— pressmark,  Gough,  Scotland,  221.  There  are  also  copies  in  the 
Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  Cathedral  Librar)-, 
Lincoln  ;  the  latter  imperfect,  wanting  title. 

1603  Serenissimi,  &  invictissimi  |  Principis,   lacobi  Britanniarvm  |  Et 

303.  Galliarvm  Regis,  |  STE*ANO*0'PIA.  |  Per  T.  Cragivm  I.  C.  |  Edin- 
bvrgenvm.  |  [Device,  Justice  and  Religion,  and  letters  H.  C] 

Excudebat  Robertus  |  Charteris  Typographvs.  |  Anno  Dom. 
1603.  I 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A  B*  C^.  Collation: — A  1=" 
Title,  with  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page;  A  i^^  Latin  verses  to 
Craig  by  P.   Rollock  ;  A  2— C  2  2TE*AN0*0'riA. 

By  Sir  Thomas  Craig.  Copies  are  in  the  libraries  of  the  Faculty 
of  Advocates,  and  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

30 


498  Robert  Charteris' s   Works. 

1603  Ad    Serenissimvm    |    Britanniarum    Principem    j    Henricum,    e 

304.  Scotia  I  Discedentem  |  Propempticon.  |  [Device,  Justice  and  Re- 
ligion, and  letters   H.  C] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excudebat  Robertas  |  Charteris  Typographus.  | 
An.   Dom.    1603.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A  B4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title, 
with  ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page,  verso  blank ;  A  2 — B  4 
Propempticon. 

This  is  another  of  Sir  Thomas  Craig's  poetical  effusions,  written 
at  the  time  of  the  accession  of  James  VI.  to  the  throne  of  England. 
Copies  are  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  and  in  the  University  Library, 
Edinburgh. 

1603  In    lacobvm  Sex-  |  tvm  Scotorvm  Regem,  An-  |  gliee,   Franciae 

305.  Et  Hibernise  |  Corona,  Ivre  Haeredi-  |  tario  Donatvm  |  Adami  ( 
Regii  I.  C.  &  in  Foro  Ecclesi-  |  astico  Edenbvrgeno  luridici :  | 
Panegyris.  |  [Device  of  Charteris.] 

Edenbvrgi  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Charteris.  Anno  Domini 
1603.  I 

Quarto,  six  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords  on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A,  As,  A  3,  on 
second,  third,  and  fourth  leaves.  Collation: — i  Title,  verso  blank; 
2 — S-'',  marked  A,  A  2,  A  3,  and  two  leaves  unsigned,  Panegyris  ; 
the  verso  of  the  last  leaf  is  blank. 

By  Adam  King. 

Copies  are  in  the  British  Museum — pressmark,  1070.  1.  6.  (i.) — 
and  in  the  University  Libraries  of  St.  Andrews  and  Edinburgh. 

1603  Ane  Godlie  |  Dreame,  Compylit   In  |  Scottish  Meter  be  M.  M. 

306.  Gentel-  |  woman   in   Culros,   at    the    re-  1  qucist   of  her  freindes;  j 


Robert  Charteris' s   Works. 


499 


Introite  per  angustam  porr.am.  nam  lata  est  |  via  qux  ducit  ad 
interitum.  |  [Device  of  Charteris,  Justice  and  Religion,  with  letters 
H.  C.J 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  Be  Robert  |  Charteris.      1603.  | 
Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,   without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A  B4.      Collation  : — A  i   Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2 — B  4,  pp.  [14J,  Ane  Godlie  Dreame. 

This  is  the  earliest  dated  edition  of  the  "  Godlie  Dreame "  of 
Elizabeth  Melville,  Lady  Culross,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  Bodleian 
Library — pressmark.  Douce  R,  527.  The  entry  immediately  follow- 
ing may  possibly  be  earlier,  but  there  is  no  conclusive  proof  one  way 
or  other. 

1603?]  A  I  Godly  Dreame,  |  Compyled   By  Eliz.  Melvil,  |  Lady  Culros 

307.  yonger  at  the  request  of  a  friend.  |  Introite  per  angustam  portam, 
nam   lata  est  via  quae  |  ducit  ad  interitum.  |  [Scoto-Danish  Arms.J 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  Charteris  Prin-  |  ter  to  the  Kings 
most  Excellent  Majestic.  |  Cum  Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  without  date,  but  probably  about  1603.  Printed  in 
black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catchwords  on  verso  only, 
and  signatures  A  B4  C^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  within  a  border, 
verso  blank  ;  A  2 — C  2*  A  Godly   Dreame  ;  C  2^  blank. 

A  copy  of  this  edition  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1603  The  I  Psalmes  |  Of  David  |  In  Meter.  | 

308.  At  Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  |  Charteris.  MDCIII.  |  Cum 
Privilegio.  | 

Duodecimo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords, 
and  signatures  A — M'^.  Collation: — A  i^  Tide;  A  i^  Charteris's 
Device,  with  "An  Observation.  1  The  division  of  the  meter  that  in 
vther  Bookes  is  noted  be  the  distance  betvvene  the  lynes,  is  in  this 


500  Robert  Charteris's   Works. 

Booke  knovvne  be  this  marke";  A  2 — M  IO^  pp.  4-285  (p.  4  on 
A  2^  and  285  on  M  9''),  The  Psalmes  ;  M  10^ — 12^  pp.  [5],  Prayers. 
Colophon  at  foot  of  M  12^  "At  Edinbvrgh  [  Printed  By  Robert  | 
Charteris  Printer  to  the  Kings  1  most  Excellent  Majestic.  |  Cum 
Privilegio  Regis.  |  " 

The  copy  described  is  in  the  possession  of  W.  L.  Taylor,  Esq., 
Peterhead,  and  was  formerly  in  the  collections  of  Lea  Wilson  and 
David  Laing. 

1603  Ane  verie  excellent  and  delecta-  |  bill  Treatise  intitulit  ]  Philotvs. 

309.  I  Qvhair  In  We  May  Persave  The  |  greit  inconveniences  that  fallis 
out  in  the  |  Mariage  betvvene  age  and  youth.  |  Ovid.  |  Siqua  veils 
apte,  nubere,  nube  pari.  |  [Device,  Justice  and  Religion,  with  letters 
H.  C,  and  motto  running  along  each  side.] 

Imprinted  At  Edinbvrgh  |  be  Robert  Charteris.  1603.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio  Regali.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  black-letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A — F4.  Collation  : — A  i 
wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf ;  A  2^  Title,  with  an 
ornament  at  the  top  of  the  page  ;  A  2^  The  names  of  the  Inter- 
loquitors  ;  A  3 — F  4  Philotvs.  Metal  borders  run  along  the  sides 
of  the  pages. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 

1603  The  thrie   Tailes  of  the  thrie  |  Priests  of   Peblis.  |  Contayning 

310.  manie  notabill  examples  and  sentences,  |  and  (that  the  paper  sould 
not  be  voide)  supplyit  |  with  sundrie  merie  tailes,  verie  pleasant  to 
the  I  Reader,  and  mair  exactlie  corrected  |  than  the  former  im- 
pression. I  Ovid.  I  Expectanda  dies  homini  est,  dicique  beatus  |  Ante 
obitum  nemo  supremaque  funera  debet.  |  [Charteris's  device.] 

Imprinted  At  Edinbvrgh  |  be  Robert  Charteris.  1603.  |  Cvm 
Privilegio   Regali.  | 


Robert  Chatteris's   Works.  501 

Quarto,  printed — "The  Priests" — in  blacl<-letter,  and  "The 
Mery  Tailes "  in  roman  letter,  in  parallel  columns.  "The  Tailes" 
are  always  on  the  outside  of  the  pages.  There  is  no  paging,  but 
there  are  catchwords,  and  signatures  A — [E]4.  B  i  and  E  2,  3,  4  are 
wanting,  but  it  is  probable  that  the  work  terminated  on  the  last 
named  leaf.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — E  4  [?] 
The  Work. 

Sibbald,  in  his  "  Chronicle  of  Scottish  Poetry,"  attributes  "  The 
Priests  of  Peblis"  to  John  Rolland.  "The  Mery  Tailes"  are  part 
of  the  celebrated  "Hundred  merrie  tales"  referred  to  in  "Much 
ado  about  nothing."  Pinkerton  remarks  that  the  work  "appears  to 
have  been  written  before  the  conquest  of  Granada,  1491  ;  for  it 
mentions,  p.  2,  that  Maister  Johne,  one  of  the  priests,  had  travelled 
in  five  kingdoms  of  Spain  ;  four  Christian  and  one  Heathen."  * 

A  copy  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library— pressmark,  Douce  R.  527. 
Pinkerton  mentions  a  copy  which  formerly  belonged  to  Dr.  Rawlinson, 
Mr.  West,  and  Mr.  Ratcliffe,  and  in  Pinkerton's  time  to  Mr.  Gough. 

At  the  end  of  the  copy  used  by  Pinkerton  there  was  an  advertise- 
ment that  Robert  Charteris,  "  The  printer  of  this  present  treatise, 
has  .  .  .  printit  sindrie  uther  delectabill  Discoorses  undernamit,  sic 
as  are  "-David  Lindesayes  Play.     Philotus. 

"  Freirs  of  Berwick  &  Bilbo. 
"  Ouhilk   are  to   be  sauld   in   his    buith   at   the   west   side  of  Auld 
Provosts  closehead  on  the  North  side  of  the  Gate,  ane  lytill  above 
the   Salt-trone."      No  copies  of   the    "Freirs"   or  of   "Bilbo"   are 
known  having  Charteris's  name  as  printer. 

1604  The  ]  Workes  Of  The  ]  Famous  and  orthy  \sic\  Knight,  Sir  Da-  | 

311.    vid  Lindsaie  of  the  Mont,  |  Alias  Lyoun  King  of  Armes.  |  Newly 

corrected  and  vindicate  from  the  for-  |  mer  errors,  wherewith  they 

* AncieiU  Scottish  Poems,    Vol.  I.,  p.  c. 


502  Robert  Charteriss   Works. 

were  before  corrup-  |  ted,  and  augmented  with  sindrie  workes  neuer  | 
before  imprinted.  |  Viuet  etiam  post  funera  virtus.  |  lob.  7.  |  Militia 
est  vita  hominis  super  terram.  |  [The  Royal  Arms.] 

Imprinted  at  Edinburgh  by  Robert  Charteris,  Printer  to  the  [ 
Kinges  most  excellent  Maiestie,  and  are  to  be  solde  |  in  London  by 
Nathaniell  Butter,  at  his  shoppe  neare  |  S.  Austens  Church  in  the 
old  Change,  |  1604  | 

Quarto.  Title,  verso  blank,  followed  by  Lyndsay's  "  Satyre  of 
the  Thrie  Estaits,"  identically  the  same  as  the  edition  of  1602.  This 
is  evidently  a  title  printed  for  the  London  market,  and  inserted  in 
copies  of  the  "Workes"  and  "Satyre,"  of  which  Charteris  had  a 
large  stock  when  his  inventory  was  taken  in   1603. 

The  only  copy  known  is  at  Britwell. 

1604  De  Vnione  Britannice,  |  sev  ]  De  Regnorvm  Anglise  Et  |  Scotie 

312.  omniumque  adiacentium  Insu-  |  larum  Britanicarum  in  unam  Mo-  | 
narchiam  consolidatione  :  deque  |  multiplici  ejus  unionis  utilitate  | 
Dialogvs  I  Per  R.  P.  |  Deus  indicia  tua  Regi  da  :  &  iustitiam  tuam 
filio  I  Regis  :  &  dominabitur  a  mari  ad  mare.  Psal.  72.  j  [Woodcut 
of  a  vase  and  flowers,  with  motto  running  along  each  side.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Charteris  Typographus  Regis. 
1604.  [  Cvm  Privilegio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A — E^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ; 
A  2^  Dedication  to  James  VI.  ;  A2I'  Candidis  Lectoribus  ;  A3 — £7-'^ 
De  Unione;  E  7^^  blank.  E8  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank 
leaf 

A  copy  of  this  work  of  Robert  Pont's  is  in  the  Advocates' 
Library,   Edinburgh. 


Robert  Chai'ieris's   Works.  503 

1605  Gabriel's  Salvtation  to  Marie.      Made  by  James  Cockbvrne. 

313-  Edinbvrgh,  printed  by  Robert  Charteris.— An.  Dom.  MUCV. 

Quarto. 

1605  Jvdas  Kisse  to  the  Sonne  of  Marie.    Made  by  James  Cockbvrne. 

3 '4-  Edinbvrgh,  printed  by  Robert  Charteris. — An.  Dom.  MDCV. 

Quarto. 

The  dedication  to  "Jean  Hammiltone,  Ladie  Skirling,"  is  dated 
"from  Cambusnethane."  Prefixed  are  recommendatory  verses  by 
"W.  A.  of  Menstrie,"  i.e.,  William  Alexander,  afterwards  created 
Earl  of  Stirling. 

These  two  entries  are  quoted  from  M'Crie's  "  Life  of  Melville," 
1856,  page  394,  note  i.  Dr.  M'Crie  quotes  part  of  a  description  of 
the  scene  in  the  garden  of  Gethsemane  from  the  latter  piece.  We 
have  never  seen  either  of  these  works  by  Cockburn. 

"''05  The    Mindes    Melodie.       Contayning  certayne   Psalmes  of    the 

3 '5-  Kinglie  Prophete  Dauid,  applyed  to  a  new  pleasant  tune,  verie 
comfortable  to  euerie  one  that  is  rightlie  acquainted  therewith. 

Edinbvrgh  printed  be  Robert  Charteris,  Printer  to  the  King's 
most  Excellent  Maiestie,    1605. 

Small  octavo,  pp.  32.  At  the  back  of  the  title  is  a  neat  em- 
blematical woodcut,  representing  figures  of  Religion  and  Justice. 
The  selection  consists  of  the  i.  4.  6.  15.  19.  23.  43.  57.  91.  loi.  117. 
121.  125.  128  Psalms,  Simeon's  Song  and  Gloria  Patri. — What  the 
"  new  pleasant  tune  "  was,  to  which  these  psalmodies  were  composed, 
it  would  perhaps  be  now  impossible  to  discover. 

The  above  is  quoted  from  the  "  Bibliotheca  Anglo-Poetica," 
p.   225.      No  copy  of  "The  Mindes  Melodie"  is  known  to  us. 

1C05  Analysis  |   Logica     In     Episto-  |  lam    Ad     Hebrseos.  |  Avthore 

316.    D.   Roberto  Rol-  |  loco   Scoto,    Ministro    lesu   Christi,   &  |  Rectore 


504  Robert  Charteris' s  Works. 

Academise  Edinburgensis.  |  Accessit  breuis  &  vtilis  tractatus  de  | 
lustificatione  eodem  Authore.  )  [Royal  Arms.] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  |  Charteris  Typographus 
Regis.  I  An.   Dom.  MDCV.  |  Cvm  Privilegio  Regio.  | 

Octavo,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — R^.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 8=> 
Dedication,  &c.  ;  A  S'^  blank;  Bi — R  7^  pp.  1-253,  the  Work; 
R  7b  blank  ;  R  8  is  a  blank  leaf. 

Copies  of  this  work  of  Robert  Rollock's  are  in  the  University 
Libraries  of  St.  Andrews,  Aberdeen,  and  Edinburgh. 

1605  The   Royall    En-  |  tertainment   Of  The  |  right    Honourable  the 

317.  Earle  of  Nottin-  |  gham,  sent  Ambassador  from  his  |  Maiestie  to 
the  King  of  Spaine.  |  Written  by  a  Gentle-man-souldier,  who  was 
present  |  with  the  L.  Ambassador,  this  yeere  1605!  |  [Oval  ornament.] 

Edimbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  Charte-  |  ris  Printer  to  the 
Kings  most  Excellent  |  Maiestie.     An.   Dom.   M.D.C.V.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A — C4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  with  ornament  at  the  top 
of  the  page,  verso  blank;  A  2 — C  3,  pp.  1-20,  The  Royall  Enter- 
tainment ;  C  4  wanting,  but  was  probably  a  blank  leaf. 

A  copy  of  this  work  is  in  the  library  of  Edinburgh  University. 

1606  The    Blame    Of  |    Kirk-Bvriall,     Tending    To  .Per-    ]    svvade 

318.  Cemiteriall  Civilitie.  |  First  Preached,  Then  Penned,  |  and  now  at 
last  propyned  to  the  Lords  inheritance  |  in  the  Presbyterie  of 
Lanerk,  by  M.  William  Birnie  |  the  Lord  his  Minister  in  that  Ilk, 
as  a  pledge  |  of  the  zeale,  and  care  of  that  reformation.  |  Matt.  8.  22. 

I  Follow  me,  and  let  the  dead  bury  the  dead.  |  [Oval  ornament.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  Charteris  Prin-  |  ter  to  the 
Kings  most  Excellent  Maiestie.      1606.  | 


Robert  Charteriss   Works.  505 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words, and  signatures  A*  B— F4.  Collation  : — A  i  Title,  verso 
blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2],  Dedication  to  James,  Marques  of  Hanimilton  : 
B  I — F  4  the  Work. 

This  work  of  William  Birnie's  was  reprinted  in  1833,  edited  by 
W.  B.  D.  D.  Turnbull. 

A  copy  of  the  original  is  in  the  Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1606  A   Godlie    Dreame,    compyled    by   Eliz.    Melvill,    Ladie    Culros 

319-    Yonger,  at  the  request  of  a  Friend.      Introite  per  angustam  portam, 
nam  lata  est  via  quae  ducit  ad  interitum. 

Edinburgh,  printed  by  Robert  Charteris,  Printer  to  the  King's 
most  excellent  Majestie,    1606,  cum  privilegio  regali. 

Quarto,  second  edition,  ten  leaves.  At  the  end  is  "A  verie 
-comfortable  Song  to  the  tune  of  Shall   I   let  her  goe." 

We  have  never  seen  a  copy  dated  1 606  ;  the  above  is  taken 
from  the  Gordonstoun  Sale  Catalogue,   No.  608. 

1606  Lectvres  Vpon  |  The  First  And  Second  |  Epistles  Of  Pavl  To 

320.    The  I  Thessalonians  :  [  Preached  by  that  faithfull  ser-  |  uant  of  God 

M.  Robert  Rollock,  some-tyme  |  Minister  of  the  Euangell  of  lesus 

Christ,   and  |  Rector  of  the   Colledge    in    Edinbvrgh.  |  [Charteris's 

Device.] 

Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  By  Robert  Charteris  |  Printer  to  the  Kings 
most  excellent  Majestie.  |  An.  Dom.  M.D.C.VI.  |  Cum  Priuilegio 
Regise  Majestatis.  [ 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  with  paging,  catchwords,  and 
signatures  A— Z^  Aa— Ll^  Mm^.  Collation  :— A  i  blank  ;  A  2  Title, 
verso  blank  ;  A  2>—(),  pp.  [8],  Dedication  to  William  Scot  of  Ely  ; 
A  7=^  To  the  Reader ;  A  f" — 8,  pp.  [3].  The  Argvment  of  the  first 
Epistle;  B  i — Aa  i,  pp.  1-246,  Lectures  on  the  first  Epistle;  Aa  2», 


5o6  Robert  Charteriss   Works. 

part  title,  "  Lectvres  Vpoii  |  The  Second  Epistle  Of  |  The  Apostle 
Pavl  To  I  The  Thessalonians.  |  Preached  By  That  Faithfvll  |  seruant 
of  God,  Maister  Robert  Rollok,  |  some-tyme  Minister  of  Gods  word, 
and  Rector  of  j  the  Vniuersitie  of  Edinbvrgh.  |  [Charteris's  device.] 
Edinbvrgh  |  Printed  by  Robert  Charteris,  |  Printer  to  the  Kings 
most  Excellent  Majestie.  |  Anno  Dom.  M.D.CVI.  |  Cum  Priuilegio 
Regise  Majestatis.  |  "  Aa  2*^  blank  ;  Aa  3,  pp.  [2],  The  Argvment ; 
Aa4 — Mm  2=1  Lectures;   Mm  2^  blank. 

There  are  copies  in  the  University  Libraries  of  Cambridge, 
St.  Andrews,  and  Edinburgh. 

1607  Illvstrissimi    |    Domini    Gordoniae    Comitis    |    Einzice    Haeredis 

321.  Marchiona-  |  tus  Huntlei,  &  celeberrimse  Domine  Anne  |  Campbellse 
filise  Comitis  Argatheliae  |  Epithalamivm.  |  [Device,  Justice  and 
Religion,  with  letters  H.  C] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Charteris  |  Typographus  Regis. 
1607.  I 

Quarto,  eight  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging, 
but  with  catchwords  on  verso  only,  and  signature  figures  2,  3,  4  on 
2nd,  3rd,  and  4th  leaves.  Collation  : — i  Title,  with  ornament  at  top 
of  the  page,  verso  blank  ;  2 — 6  Epithalamivm  ;  7,  pp.  [2],  Ex- 
planatio  ;  8^  blank  ;  ^  Smaller  woodcut  of  Scoto-Danish  Arms. 

A  copy  of  this  tract  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
Edinburgh. 

1608  Epithalamion  |  In  Nvptiis  Ge-  |  nerosissimorvm  lacobi  Comitis  | 

322.  Perthani,  Domini  Drommindi,  Baronis  Stobhal-  |  liae,  &c.  &  Isabellae, 
unicae  Roberti  Co-  |  mitis  Wintonij,  Domini  Setonii  &c.  filie.  | 
Fvndebam  Thomas  Dempstervs  [  a  Muresk.  L  V.  Doctor  Scoto- 
Britannus.  |  [Device,  Justice  and  Religion,  with  letters  H,  C] 


Robert  C/iarieriss   Works.  507 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Charteris  ]  Typographus  Regis. 
M.D.C.VIII.  I 

Quarto,  six  leaves,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but 
with  catchwords,  and  signature  figures  2  and  3  on  2nd  and  3rd 
leaves.  Collation  : — i^  Title,  with  ornament  at  top  of  the  page  ; 
i''  "In  T  ...  D  ...  Epithalamion,"  four  Latin  verses  signed  "loan. 
Rosa  "  ;  2 — 6  Epithalamion. 

The  author  of  this  piece  was  Thomas  Dempster  of  Muresk.  A 
copy  is  in  the  University  Library,  Edinburgh. 

1609  Paraphrasis  quinti  Capitis  Jeschahice. 
323'  Edinb.      R.   Charteris,    1609. 

Quarto.  Quoted  from  the  Gordonstoun  Sale  Catalogue,  No. 
1722. 

1610  The    Complaint  |  Of  A    Christian    Sovle.  |  Containing    certaine 
324.    remedies  and    comforts  )  against   the  trouble  and  conflict   of  Con- 
science. I  Newlie  written  in  meter.  |  [Oval  ornament.] 

Printed  At  Edinbvrgh  By  Ro-  |  bert  Charters,  [sic]  Printer  to  the 
Kings  most  |  Excellent  Majestic.     M.D.C.X.  | 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso  only,  and  signatures  A  B*  C^.  Collation  : — A  i 
Title,  with  ornament  at  top  of  the  page,  verso  blank  ;  A  2,  pp.  [2], 
Dedication  to  John,  Earle  of  Montrose ;  A  3— 4^  PP-  [j]-  The 
Preface  ;  A  4^  blank  ;  B  i — C  2  The  Complaint  of  a  Christian  Soule. 
signed  at  end  "  M.  George  Muschet  Minister  of  the  Evangell  at 
Dunning." 

Copies  of  this  work  are  in  the  Advocates*  and  University 
Libraries,   Edinburgh. 


5o8  Robert  Ckaiieris's   Woi'ks. 

1610  Paraphrasis    |    Prophetiae    Chabak-    |    kvki     Poetica.    j    [Device, 

325.    Justice  and  Religion,  with  letters  H.   C] 

Edinbvrgi  |  Excvdebat  Robertvs  Char-  |  teris  Typographus. 
An.   Dom.    1610.  j 

Quarto,  printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with  catch- 
words on  verso  only,  and  signatures  [A^]  B*  [C^],  the  only  signatures 
being  B,  B  2,  on  3rd  and  4th  leaves.  The  work  is  made  up  of  two 
leaves,  followed  by  sheet  B,  four  leaves,  and  concluded  by  two  leaves. 
Collation  : — A  i  Small  Scoto-Danish  Arms,  with  a  band  along  the 
top  of  the  page,  verso  blank  ;  A  2  Title,  with  ornament  at  top  of  the 
page,  verso  blank  ;  B  i — C  2  Paraphrasis. 

A  copy  is  in  the  library  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  Edinburgh. 


I 


CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

DOUBTFUL    AND    SPURIOUS    WORKS. 

N  bringing  our  labours  to  a  close  it  may  be  useful  to  notice  certain 
books  which  fall  under  one  or  other  of  two  classes.  In  the  first 
of  these  groups  we  shall  enumerate  a  few  works  which,  for  lack  of 
fuller  information,  we  have  been  unable  to  assign  to  any  particular 
Scottish  printer,  although  we  have  no  evidence  against  their  having 
been  printed  in  Scotland.  The  second  group  comprises  certain 
works  bearing  an  imprint,  which  on  good  grounds  we  know  to  be 
false. 

The  first  book  to  be  noticed  is  a  quarto  tract  of  four  leaves,  a 

copy  of  which  was  in  Dr.  David  Laing's  collection.     We  have  never 

seen  it,  and  are  indebted  to  Hazlitt's  "Collections  and  Notes,"  2nd 

Series,  p.  308,  for  the  following  description  ; — 

[1580]  The  Confession  of  Faith,  Svbscrived  by  the  Kings  Maiestie  and 

326.  his  Houshold  :  [Quotations.]      No   place,   &c.     [Edinburgh,    1580.] 
Quarto,     a  in  fours  =  4  leaves. 

The  sale  catalogue  of  Dr.  Laing's  Library,  part  i,  No.  896, 
supplies  the  additional  information  that  it  is  dated  "  Halyrud  House, 
2  March  1580."     The  tract  was  probably  printed  by  John  Ross. 

Herbert,  in  his  edition  of  Ames's  "Typographical  Antiquities," 
p.  1501,  under  date  1580,  has  this  entry  : — 
1580  Latinae  grammatices  rudimenta,   in  gratiam   iuventutis  Scoticae 

327.  conscripta.      Edinburgi.     Octavo. 


5IO  Doubtful  and  Spurious   Works. 

We  have  not  seen  a  book  answering  to  that  description,  but  it  is 
probably  one  of  the  "  foure  hundreth  thre  scoir  Rudimentis,  vnbund," 
valued  at  "thre  schillingis  the  dosane"  in  the  Inventory  of  the  stock 
belonging  to  John  Ross,  which  was  made  up  on  the  i8th  February, 
1580-81.  It  is  also  probable  that  the  author  was  Andrew  Simson  or 
Symson,  whose  Rudiments  we  shall  notice  later. 
[1580?]  In  the  Public  Record  Office,  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  Vol.  xii.,  39, 

328.  there  is  a  broadsheet  which  was  probably  printed  in  Scotland. 
IVIedallion  portraits  of  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  and  of  her  son, 
James  VI.,  occupy  the  centre,  and  two  stanzas  of  four  lines  each  are 
printed  one  above  and  the  other  beneath  the  portraits.  The  arms  of 
England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  &c.,  and  a  woodcut  of  a  camp  scene, 
form  a  border  to  the  sheet,  which  is  the  size  of  a  single  small  quarto 
leaf.     The  stanzas  commence  : — 

"  Encrease  of  blesse  expected  long." 
Neither  place,  printer's  name,  nor  date  appears  on  the  print. 
[1581]  Calderwood  (History,  Vol.  iii.,  p.  511),  in  describing  the  events  of 

329.  1581,  gives  at  length  a  document  entitled  "  Ane  short  and  generall 
confession  of  the  true  Christian  faith  set  furth  by  the  archbishops 
and  bishops."  He  states  that  this  confession  was  printed,  and,  if  so, 
the  work  would  undoubtedly  have  been  performed  in  Edinburgh. 
We  have  neither  seen  nor  heard  of  a  copy  of  the  tract. 

We  noticed  above  the  Latin  Rudiments  printed  in  1580,  and, 
from  its  similarity  to  the  following  entry  in  Hazlitt's  "  Handbook," 
!>•  559i  we  are  inclined  to  think  they  are  different  editions  of  the 
same  work.  Hazlitt  ascribes  the  book  to  Andrew  Simson,  or  Symson, 
but  his  description  is  provokingly  meagre  : — 
1587  Rudimenta  Grammatices.     Edinb.  1587.     Octavo.     Several  times 

330.  reprinted. 

If  John  Ross  printed  the  edition  of  1580  it  is  probable  that  the 
later  editions  were  printed  by  Henry  Charteris  and  his  successor. 


Doubtful  and  Spurious    IVor/cs.  51 1 

1595  Herbert,  p.  15 15,  under  date  1595,  enters  "Amoretti,  or  Sonnets. 

331-    88.     Sixteens."     No  place  of  printing  or  printer's  name  is  given,  and 

we  have  not  seen  a  work  answering  to  the  description. 

The  next  work  to  be  described  merits  close  attention,  and,  as  we 

have  examined  several  copies,  we  are  in  a  position  to  give  a  more 

definite  opinion  regarding  it  than  we  have  been  able  to  give  of  the 

works  hitherto  described  in  this  chapter. 
159'^  The  I  Recantation  |  Of  Maister  Patrik  |  Adamsone,  sometime  | 

332.  Archbishop  of  Saint-An-  |  drowes   in   Scotlande.  |  *  |  [Woodcut  of 
female  face  and  cornucopise.]   1598.  | 

Octavo.  Printed  in  roman  letter,  without  paging,  but  with 
catchwords  and  signatures  A — C*.  A  i^  Title,  verso  blank  ;  A  2 — 3^ 
pp.  [3],  The  Printer  to  the  Reader;  A  3^ — 4,  pp.  [19],  The  Re- 
cantation. 

There  are  copies  in  the  British  Museum — -pressmark,  C.  2>^.  a. 
18.  (2) — in  the  Bodleian,  and  in  the  Huth  Library. 

If  the  work  was  printed  in  Scotland  it  is  possible  that  Robert 
Charteris  was  the  printer,  but,  as  there  were  strong  reasons  for 
withholding  the  information  from  the  titlepage,  we  think  it  not 
unlikely  that  the  little  book  was  printed  secretly  either  in  London 
or  abroad.  Both  Vautrollier  and  Robert  Charteris  had  a  wood-block 
same  as  that  found  on  the  titlepage  of  the  book  under  consideration  ; 
but,  as  the  former  died  before  March,  1587-88,  and  his  wife  only 
finished  certain  books  left  incomplete  at  the  time  of  her  husband's 
death,  and,  as  the  latter  was  King's  Printer  and  unlikely  to  run  the 
risk  of  offending  his  royal  master,  we  fear  the  tract  cannot  be 
attributed  to  either  of  these  printers. 

Herbert,  p.  1520,  under  date  1599,  has  the  following  entry  ; — 
1599  Roberti    Rolloci  Scoti   commentarius   in    Evangelium    secundum 

333.  Joannem.     Edinburgi.     Octavo. 
We  have  not  seen  a  copy  of  the  work. 


0 


512  Doubtful  and  Spuriojis   Works. 

Before  noticing  the  books  with  spurious  imprints,  we  think  it  well 
to  caution  collectors  and  beginners  in  the  study  of  bibliography 
concerning  a  foreign  press,  books  from  which  we  have  had  frequently 
reported  as  being  of  Scottish  origin — 'We  allude  to  the  "  Officina 
Sanctandreana."  The  books  bearing  that  imprint,  or  "apud  Petrum 
Sanctandreanum,"  without  any  further  designation  of  place,  were 
executed  at  Heidelberg  by  the  printer  Peter  Sanctandreanus,  or  by 
his  successor  H.  Commelin,  who  continued  to  use  the  imprint. 

The  first  of  the  spurious  Scottish  books  to  be  enumerated  is  a 
quarto  by  Ernest  Varamund,  of  Friesland,  entitled: — "De  Fvroribvs, 
Gallicis  .  .  .  Vera  &  simplex  Narratio."  The  imprint  is  "  Edim- 
bvrgi,  Anno  salutis  humanse,  1573."  We  think  the  book  was  printed 
either  in  London  or  abroad. 

The  next  two  books  which  we  shall  notice  have  the  same  printer's 
name  on  the  title,  but,  as  no  Scottish  printer  of  the  name  of  James 
is  known,  we  believe  the  imprints  to  be  fictitious.  The  first  is  : — 
"  Dialog!  ab  Evsebio  Philadelpho  .  .  .  compositi  .  .  .  Edimbvrgi, 
Ex  Typographia  lacobi  lamaei,  1574,"  large  octavo;  the  second  is 
"  Le  Reveille-Matin  des  Francois  ...  A  Edimbovrg,  De  Timprimerie 
de  laques  lames,  1574,"  large  octavo.  It  is  supposed  that  these 
works  were  printed  abroad,  either  at  Basle  or  at  Geneva. 

There  is  a  work  by  Hubert  Languet,  who  writes  under  the 
pseudonym  Stephanus  Junius  Brutus,  entitled  "Vindicia;  contra 
tyrannos  .  .  .  Edinburgi,  1579,"  octavo.  The  book  is  certainly  not 
from  any  Scottish  press,  and  it  is  conjectured  that  it  was  printed  at 
Basle. 

From  the  character  of  the  typography,  as  well  as  from  the  nature 
of  the  work  itself,  we  think  the  following  book  was  printed  abroad  : — 

I  I  Nova  I  Tragi-  |  coComoedia  |  DeRebvsNvperIn  |  Germania 
Gestis,  Ex  M.  |  Plauti  Comcediis,  inprimis  Asinaria,  |  Milite  glorioso, 
&  Capti-  I  uis  collecta.  |  Cum  argumentis  sccnarum,  &  explicatione  | 


Doubtful  av.d  spurious    Worlcs.  513 

obscuriorum  locorum  in  margine.  |  Per  Andream  Germa-  |  num 
Orchadanum.  |  Edinburgse,  qua;  est  Metropolis  Scotia;.  |  Anno 
ciD.iD.LXxxii.  1     Octavo.     A — C4. 

The  last  of  these  spurious  books  to  be  noted  is  an  octavo  by 
A.  Blackwood,  entitled  "  Martyre  de  Marie  Reyne  d'Escosse," 
which  bears  on  the  imprint  "Edinburgh,  1587."  We  have  no 
hesitation  in  asserting  that  the  place  of  printing  is  not  as  stated  on 
the  titlepage.     The  work  was  probably  printed  abroad. 


7,''^^ 


ERRATA 

Page  29,  note  *,  line  2,  Jor  Coessin,  read  Coeffin. 
11     434,  delete  No.  22S,   1596,  see  page  373,  No.    169. 
„     448,       „      No.  252,  1599 376,  No.   173. 


INDEX 


Abercorn,  i^arl  of,  see  Ilaniilton,  James. 

Aberdeen,  see  Breif  desciiptioun. 

Aberdeen,  see  William  KIphinstone,  Uisho])  of. 

Aberdeen,  Thomas  Davidson,  a  native  of. 

Aberdeen  Breviary,  see  Breviarium. 

Aberdeen  University  Library,  books  in,  described, 

96  :  230  ;   253  ;  344  ;  409  ;  414  ;  420  ;  423  ; 

42S  ;  433  ;  440  ;  442  ;  444  ;  446  ;  450  ;  453  ; 

455 ;  457 ;  474 ;  504- 

Ahriilgeiiieiit    0/     The    Inslilvtion,    by    William 

Lawne,    1585,   391. 
Accounts  of  the  Lont  High  Treasin-cr  of  Scotland, 

quoted,  14. 
Act,  12'''  June,  1567,  232;   iS'''  Dec,  1598,  442. 
Acts,  see  New  Actis. 
Acts  and  Deeds  of  Sir    William    Wallace,    Si  ; 

1570,  203;  240;  1594,  370;  16001,  495. 
Acts  oj  Pailiaiiicnt,    1541,  4;    109  ;    1565,    223; 

1566,226;   1568,235;   1573,259;   1575,263; 

1584,  325 ;   1575,  335  ;   1575,  336 ;  1579,  341  ; 

1580,  345;  1582,  362;   1593,  424;  1597,  436. 
Acts    of  the  Parliaments    of    Scotland,    quoted, 

223  ;  263. 
Actj's  and  Lyfe  of  Robert  Bruce,  by  John  Barl)Our, 

1571,  24'S. 

Ad  lacobvm  6.  Panrneticon,  by  Sir  Thomas  Craig, 

1603,  459. 
Ad  Seremssiinvm  Henriciim  Profcmfticon,  by  Sir 

Thomas  Craig,  1603,  49S. 
Ad    Virvleni'om    A.    Hamiltcini    Dialo^vm,    by 

Thomas  Smcton,   1579,  342. 
Adamson,  John,  Tlieses philosophicie,  1600,493. 
Adamson,    Patrick,    Abp.    of    St.    Andrews,    De 

Papistarum  Superstiosis  Ineptiis,   1564,   219  ; 

Confessio  Fidei,   1572,  257;  Catechism,  259; 

Catcchismvs,  1581,263;  Acrostichon,  389;  The 

Recantation  of,  1598,  511. 
Admonition,  by  George  Buchanan,  1571,  204;  249. 
Admonitioiin  to  the  Lordis,  by  Robert  .Sempill, 

1570,  245. 
Advocates'    Library,    Edinburgh,    books    in,    de- 
scribed, 49 ;  96;   117;   141;  165;   174;   211; 

212  ;  213  ;  216;  222 ;  230;  231  ;  233  ;  241  ; 

243  ;  250  ;  252  ;  253  ;  254  ;  255  ;  257  ;  259  ; 

260;  265;  266;   271;  323;  325;  336;  338; 

341  ;  342  ;  344  ;  345  ;  347  ;  360  ;  361  ;  362  : 

363  ;  367  ;  36S  ;  370  ;  373  :  376  ;  390  ;  392  ; 

406  ;  40S  ;  409  ;  411  ;  416  ;  418  ;  419  ;  420  ; 

423;  424;  425;  428;  429;  431:  439;  440; 

442  ;  444  ;  447  ;  448  ;  454  ;  456  ;  458  ;  459  ; 

460  :  467  ;  494  ;  496  ;  497  ;  498  ;  499  ;  500  ; 

502  ;•  505  ;  506  :  507  :  50S. 


/lisop,  sec  Ilenryson,  Robert. 

Against  Sacrilege,  by  Robert  Pont,  1599,  447. 

Aikinheid,    Thomas,    Master    of    the    Hospital, 

Kdinburgh,  316. 
Alexander  the  grit.  The  Bulk  of,  325. 
Alexander,  Thomas,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  156; 

»57- 
Alexander,  .Sir  William,  A  Short  Discovrse,  1600, 

449  ;    'The   Tragedie  Of  Darivs,    1603,   458  ; 

ver,ses  by,   503. 
Alston,    Mr.,    of  Glasgow,   donor   of  volume   of 

Chepnian  and  Myllar's  pieces,  49. 
Ames,  Joseph,  Typographical  Antiquilies,  quoted, 

4  ;   29  ;  90  ;   255  ;   see   also   under    Herbert's 

edition  of  the  same. 
Amoretti,  or  Sonnets,  1595,  511. 
Analysis  Dialectica,  by  Robert  Rollock,  1594,  428. 
Analysis  Logica,  by  Robert  Rollock,  1605,  503. 
Anderson,    Christopher,   Annals  of  the   English 

Bible,  cpioted,  273. 
Anderson,  George,  printer,  329. 
Anderson,  James,  Ane  godly  trcatis,  1595,  486. 
Anderson,  fames,  on  Strena,  122;  sells  books  to 

Earl  of  "Oxford,  138. 
Anne  of  Denmark,  Oueeii-Consort  of  James  VL, 

367;  409;  411  ;  414;  420;  472. 
Anstruther  Collection,  book  formerly  in,  461. 
Answer  made  by  T.  de  Besza,  1562,  211. 
Aitsiver  To  a  Letter  of  a  Jesvit,  by  John  Knox, 

1572,  252. 
Ans-Mcr  to  ane  Epistle,  by  David  Ferguson,  1563, 

218. 
Ansvver  To  The  Calviuniovs  Letter,  by  William 

Fowler,   1 581,  265. 
Answer  to  the  Tractiue,  by  John  Davidson,  1563, 

215. 
Antwerp,  staple  port  at,  2. 
Appendix  Etymologiae,  by  Andrew  Duncan,  1595, 

432- 

Arber,  Professor  Edward,  edits  Transcript  of  the 
Stationers'  Registers,  404  ;  Introductory  Sketch 
to  the  Martin  Marprelate  Controversy,  tjuoted, 
404  ;  412  ;  465. 

Arbuthnet,  Alexander,  printer,  offers  with  Bassan- 
dyne  to  print  the  Bible,  275  ;  assisted  by  the 
kirk,  276  ;  and  Privy  Council,  278  ;  progress 
of  the  work,  2S1  ;  receives  letters  of  i)rivilege, 
282 ;  delays,  283 ;  his  sureties,  2S6 ;  New 
Test.^ment  completed,  2S7  ;  B.-.ssandyne  resigns 
in  his  favour,  288;  licence  granted,  312; 
])ublication  of  the  Bible,  312;  dekiy  in  de- 
livering copies,   314;    379;   his  device,   316; 


5i6 


Index. 


death,  318  ;  inventory,  318  ;  his  works  de- 
scribed, 320  ;  wages  due  by  him  to  John  Ross, 
329- 

Arbuthnot,  Alexander,  minister  of  the  Kirk  of 
Scotland,   274;  313. 

Arbuthnot,  George,  his  autograph  in  Aberdeen 
Breviary,  96. 

Arbuthnot,  James,  of  Lentusche,  283  ;  284. 

Argyll,  Earl  and  Duke  of,  see  Campbell. 

Aristotle,  The  Problemesof,  1595,  429. 

Articles  Set  Downe  Be  His  Maiestie,  1596,  435. 

Asloan  MS.,  copy  of  Tlie  Porteotis  of  Nohlenes  in, 
52. 

Atholl,  Earl  of,  see  Stewart. 

Auchinleck,  book  in  the  library  described,  217. 

Authinlect,  Patrick,  Latin  poem  by,  256. 

Ayrshire,  a  unique  volume  discovered  in,  49. 

Badius  Ascensius,  Jodocus,  French  printer,   109  ; 

230. 
Bagford,  John,  on  V.nutroUier,  377. 
Bain,   James,    purchases  \Votlhull   copy  of  Ne'v 

Actis,   1541-2,   117. 
Baker,  Thomas,  on  Vauti  oilier,  377  ;  381. 
Ballade  of  Lord  Barnard  Stewart,  by  William 

Dunbar,  63. 
Ballat  declaring  the  gude  iiiclinatioiin  of  our  King, 

by  Robert  Sempill,  1567,  235. 
Baluaves,   Sir   Henry,    The  Confession  of  Faith, 

15S4,  386. 
Bancroft,  Richard,  Abp,  of  Canterbury,  464  ;  469, 
Bancrofts  RasJuies,  by  John  Davidson,  1590,  409. 
Bannatyne  Club,  books  printed  by,  97;  100;  loi ; 

122;   197;  219;   23S  ;  256;  292;   31S  ;   326; 

329 ;  339 ;  341 ;  346 ;  352 ;  36S ;  375 ;  45° ; 

461  ;  476. 

Bannatyne,  George,  his  MS.,  237. 

Bannatyne,  James,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  105. 

Bannatyne,  Richard, _/(7H?-/(a/,  quoted,  275. 

Baftistes,  by  George  Buchanan,  157S,  360. 

Barbour,  John,  Actys  and  Lyfc  of  Robert  Bruce, 
1 57 1,  248. 

Barnard,  A.,  De  Forigiite  et  des  debuts  de  Vim- 
printerie  en  Europe,  (juoted,  9. 

Baron,  John,  minister  of  Galston  in  Ayrshire,  212. 

Bartas,  see  Saluste. 

BaiTiXikoi'  Aupov,  by  King  James  VI.,  1599,  445  ; 
1603,  460. 

Bassandyne,  Aleson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bas- 
sandyne,   289  ;  476. 

Bassandyne,  Michael,  brother  of  Thom.as  Bas- 
sandyne, 289. 

Bassandyne,  Thomas,  printer,  (jl)tains  Scot's  types 
157  ;  assists  Lekprcuik,  205  ;  notice  of  his 
career,  273 ;  censured  by  the  General  Assembly, 
274 ;  sides  with  the  Queen,  274  ;  denounced 
as  a  rebel,  275  ;  granted  a  remission,  275  ; 
offers  with  Arbuthnel  lo  print  the  Bible,  275  ; 
assisted  liy  the  kirk,  276;  and  I'rivy  Council, 
278;  jirogress  of  the  work,  281;  receives 
letters  of  privilege,  2S2  ;  delays,  2S3  ;  foreign 
workmen  employed,  286;  sued  for  w.ages,  286; 
New  Testament  completed,  287  ;  resigns  in 
favour   of  Arbuthnet,    288 ;   death,   289 ;    his 


stock  of  books,  290 ;  a  bookbinder,  290 ; 
device,  291  ;  printing  office,  291  ;  copy  of  his 
will  and  inventor)',  292  ;  his  works  described, 

307- 
Bastingius,  Jeremias,  Catechisme,  1591,  416. 
Beacon,  Thomas,    The  Sicke  Mans  Salve,   1584, 

387. 

Beaton,  Cardinal  David,  The  Tragedte  of,  191. 

Bellenden,  John,  Hystory  and  Croniklis  of  Scot- 
land, 4  ;  122  ;   123. 

Beloe,  Rev.  William,  Anecdotes  of  Literature, 
quoted,    122;  on  John  Scot,    151. 

Belus,  John,  Gratiarvin  Actio,  1590,  406. 

Benedict,  Renat,  Answer  to  ane  Epistle  luritten  by, 
1563,  2l8. 

Berjeau,  J.  Ph.,  supplies  collation  of  Garlandia,  36. 

Beza,  Theodore  de,  Ane  oration,  1561,  210;  Ane 
answer,  1562,  211 ;  Propositions  disputed umier, 
1 59 1,  418 ;  Order  in  comforting  troubled 
consciences,  1592,  423  ;  Epistola,  442. 

Bible,  Lekpreuik's  licence  to  print,  202  ;  Bassan- 
dyne and  Arbuthnet's  offer  to  print,  275 ;  New 
Testament  completed,  287  ;  Bible,  1579,  1576, 
published,  312;  described,  320. 

Bibliotheca  Anglo  Poetica,t\\.\oiei\,  187;  369;  473; 

.   5.03- 
Bibliotheque  Nationale,  purchases  Garlandia,  29. 
Bird  in  the  Cage,  by  Robert  Sempill,  1570,  246. 
Birnie,    William,    The   Blame    Of  Kirk-Bvriall, 

1606,  504. 
Bishop,  George,  printer,  383. 
Bisset,  Habakuk,  Rollment  of  Courts,  quoted,  105. 
Blackfriars  Wynd,  Edinburgh,  Chepman's  printing 

office  .at  the  foot  of,  16. 
Blackwood,    Adam,    Marty  re    de    Marie    Reyne 

d'Escosse,   1587,  5'3- 
Blades,  William,  on  J.  de  la  Caille,  3  ;  contributes 

description    of  Expositio   Sequentiaruin ,    36  ; 

Shakspere  and  Typography,  quoted,  384. 
Blairs,  St.   Mary's  College,  books  in,  described, 

165;   174;  175. 
Blame  OJ  Jurk-Bvriall,  by  William  Birnie,  1606, 

504- 

Blew,  Rev.  William,  edits  reprint  of  Aberdeen 
Breviary,  97. 

Bodleian  Librar)',  book-covers  in,  47 ;  MS.  of 
Bp.  Elphinslone's  Histoiy  in,  56  ;  books  in, 
described,  180;  187;  196;  215;  229;  253: 
258;  263;  310;  344;  345;  363;  387;  390; 
392;  41S;  419;  423;  424;  425;  429;  439; 

454 ;  459 ;  467 ;  471 ;  496 ;  497 ;  499 ;  so« ; 

Boece,  Hector,  printing  of  his  Htslorta,  102 ; 
woodcut  of  .Scottish  arms  in  his  Historia,  I09  ; 
Bellenden's  translation  of  his  Historia,   122; 

123- 
Book  of  Common  Order,  220;  230;  309;  371  ; 

4S7  ;  493. 
Bookc  of  the  Univcrsall  Kirke,  quoted,  200 ;  274 

275:  3>4;  379- 
Boroughnuiir,    I'',elinl>urgh,    buildings    erected    by 

Chepman  on,  17. 
BoswcU,  .Sir  .\lexander,  217. 
liothwcU,  Earl  of,  see  Hepburn,  and  .Stewart. 


Index. 


5'7 


Bower,  Walter,  account  of  advent  of  St.  Amlrew's 

relics,  lOO. 
Bowes,  Robert,  Epilaplte  Vfoii,  1597,  438. 
lioyd,  James,  Arciihishop  of  Oiasgow,  276  ;  278. 
Bradford,  John,  Ai;ainst  the  fearc  of  death ^  '584, 

390. 
Bradshaw,  Henry,  detects  dilTerence  in  copies  of 

Lyndsay's  Warkis,  1 57 1,  180. 
Rreif  Coiiiiiuiidatimii,  by  John  Davidson,  Regent 

in  St.  Leonard's  College,  1573,  260.         ^ 
Breif  dcsoiptioiin   of  the  well  besyde  Abirdene, 

1580,  346. 
Breif  Gathering  of  the  Halie  Signes,  1565,  222. 
Breve  Descripliovn  of  the  Pest,  by  Gilbert  Skene, 

1568.  236- 
Breviariuin   Aberdoneiisey    1509-10,    noticed     by 
Ames,  4;  mentioned  in  Patent  of  fames  I\'., 

8  ;  Dr.   Laing's  preface  to  reprint  of,  f|Uoted, 

9  ;  described,  86-99  !  leaves  at  end  of  Glaniis 
copy,  100. 

Bi-ief  declaration,  1 572-3,  308. 

Bricfe  Discovery,  by  John  Tenry,  464. 

Briefc  Of  The  Bible,  by  Henoch  Clapham,  1596, 

434- 
Brier,  Lancelot,  apprentice  to  Robert  Waldegrave, 

403- 
Bright,    H.    B.,   books    formerly   in   his   library, 

141  ;  472. 
British   Museum,   books   in,   described,    28 ;    55 ; 

122;  126;   141;    175;    187;    196;   219;   220; 

223;  229;  232;   234;   236;  238;   239;  240; 

244  ;  245  ;  246 ;  250  ;  25S  ;  260  ;  261  ;  262  ; 

265  ;  266  ;  267  ;  268  ;  308  ;  323  ;  324  ;  325  ; 

334 ;  335 ;  3i(> ;  338 ;  342 ;  344 ;  345 ;  362 ; 
366;  36S;  370;  371;  376;  387;  3S8;  390; 

392  ;  406  ;  409  ;  410  ;  411  ;  414  ;  416  ;  418  ; 
419  ;  420  ;  421  ;  422  ;  423  ;  425  ;  427  ;  428  ; 

434 ;  43S ;  439 ;  44' ;  442 ;  444 ;  445 ;  446 ; 
447;  448;  449;  450;  451;  452;  454;  455; 

458;  459;  460;  467;  469;  470;  471  ;  472; 

473;  4S6;  487;  488;  4S9;  49S;  511. 

Britwell  Court,  books  in  the  library  ilescribed, 
170;  177;  1S7  ;  196;  209;  241;  261;  269; 
270;  309;  339;  340;  371;  374;  388;  430; 
441  ;  497  ;  502. 

Brown,  Gilbert,  abbot  of  Newabbey,  457. 

Bruce,  King  Robert,  Actys  and  I.yfe  of,  1 571, 
248. 

Bruce,  Robert,  minister  in  Edinburgh,  406  ;  410  ; 
455  ;  Sermons,  1591,  415  ;  Sermons  Vpon  The 
Sacrament,  463. 

Brunet,  J.  C. ,  Manuel  dit  Libraire,  quoted,  131. 

Brutus,  Stcphanus  Junius,  i.e.,  Languet,  Hubert. 

Bryar,  George,  surety  for  Robert  Waldegrave,  395. 

Buchanan,  George,  Chamaeleon,  204 ;  .ine  Ad- 
monition, 1 57 1,  204;  249;  Ane  Detcctioun, 
1572,  251  ;  Reruin  Scoticartim  Historia,  1582, 
323;  De  Jure  A'egni,  1579,  344:  1580,  344; 
Baptistes,  157S,  360;  Vautrollier  the  bearer  of 
alettertohim,  3S0;  revises  Jack's  Onomaslicon, 
422  ;  Dc  Prosodia,  473. 

Buchanan,  Thomas,  dedication  to,  443. 

Buke  of  Gude  Counsale  to  the  King,  56. 

Jiuke  of  the  Howlat,  1 01. 


Bumgart,  Herman,  Cologne  printer,  75  ;  his  de- 
vice, 77. 

Burel,  John,  Poems,  472. 

Burghlcy,  Lord,  report  to  him  on  Marprelale 
tracts,   398. 

Burton,  John  Hill,  History  of  .Siotlaiut,  quoted, 
90. 

Butter,  Nathaniel,  bookseller  in  London,  502. 

Byddell,  John,  London  printer,  152;  195. 

Bysset's  Kolment  of  Courtes,  quoted,  227. 

Caen,  printing  in,  42. 

Cairnis,  John,  reader,  Edinburgh,  315. 

Calderwood,  David,  Hisloiy  of  the  Kirk,  quoted, 

175;  242;  26G;  274;  325;  510. 
Calvin,  John,  Calcchisnte,  1564,  219;  221  ;   1575, 

310;    1574,   334;    1594,   3<J8;    1595-96,   372; 

1599.  487;   1602,  488;   1596,  493;   Forme  of 

prayers,    1562,    212;    original    edition,    213; 

1565,   220;    1575,    309;   Abridgement  of  his 

Institution,  391. 
Cambridge    Libraries,   see    King's   College ;    St. 

John's  College  ;  Trinity  College. 
Cambridge  University  Library,  books  in,  described, 

219  ;  371  ;  415  ;  422  ;  423  ;  428  ;  456  ;  506. 
Campbell,  Anne,  daughter  of  Archibakl,  seventh 

Earl  of  Argyll,  verses  on  her  marriage,  506. 
Campbell,  Archibald,  fifth  Earl  of  Argjll,  verses 

addressed  to,  208  ;  dedication  to,  232. 
Campbell,    .Sir   Colin,    of  Glenurchy,   dedication 

to,  428. 
Campbell,  George,  eighth  Duke  of  Argyll,  book 

in  his  liljrary  described,  232. 
Campbell,  Robert  &  Elizabeth,  of  Kinyeanclcugh, 

43°- 
Canterbury  Tales,  pictures  of  the  Veoman  in,  79. 
Capilupi,  Lelio,  Cento  ex  Vergilio,  1565,  225. 
Carkeltle,  Margaret,  first  wife  of  Vi'alter  Chepman, 

19  ;  prayers  for  her  enjoined,  19  ;  her  marriage 

with  Chepman,  20. 
Carmichael,  James,  27S. 
Carmichael,  John,  dedication  to,  457. 
Carswell,  John,  Bp.  of  Arg)-ll  and  the  Isles,  231. 
Cartwright,  Thomas,  'Zw  OtyeV  xpiaTif,  1602,  455. 
Cassillis,  blaster  of,  see  Kennedy,  Gilbert. 
Catalogue  of  the  Caxlon  Exhibition,  quoted,  79. 
Catechesis  quiv  in  Ecelestis  Palatinaius  traJitur, 

1591,  416. 
Catechisme,    by  John   Calvin,    1584,    219;   221; 

1575.  310;   1574.  334;   1594-   368;    1595-96, 

372 ;  1599.  487 ;  1602,  488  ;  1596,  493. 
Catechisme,  by  Dudley  Fenner,  1592,  422. 
Catechisme,  by  Archbishop  John  Il.imilton,  1552, 

151;   155;  161. 
Catechisme  taught  in  the   Churches  of  the  Ijnv 

Countries,  1 59 1,  4 1 6. 
Catechismus,  see  Pont,  Robert. 
Catechismvs  Latino  Carmine  Redditvs,  by  Abp. 

Patrick  Adamson,  158 1,  263. 
Catherine  de  Medicis,  254. 
Cato  cum  Commento,  printed  by  Cioupil,  29. 
Caxton,  William,  his  de\-ice,  29  ;  cut  used  by  him, 

79- 
Caxton  Exhibition,  see  Catalogue. 


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Index. 


Celtic  mode  of  counting,  90. 

Cento  ex  Vergilio,  by  Lelio  Capilupi,  1565,  225. 

Certain  Godly  treatises,  by  Dudley  Fenner,  1592, 
421. 

Certain  Sermons,  by  H.  Smytli,  473- 

Certaine  Matters,  by  John  Monyponny,  470. 

Certaine  Sermons,  by  Roljert  RoUock,  1599,  376. 

Certaue  traitatis  for  Reforinatioun,  by  Ninian 
Winzet,  1562,  175. 

Chalmers,  George,  Life  of  Ruddiman,  quoted,  i  ; 
investigations  on  printing,  6  ;  on  the  date  of 
Strena,  122;  books  formerly  in  his  library, 
141  ;  209  ;  261  ;  309  ;  310  ;  374  ;  449  ;  473  5 
488  ;  497  ;  on  the  nationality  of  John  Scot, 
150;  dissertation  prefixed  to  Lyndsay's  works, 
187  ;  on  Buchanan's  Admonition,  249 ;  on 
Bassandyne,  273 ;  on  Napier's  Plaine  Dis- 
covery, 425  ;  on  Burel's  Poems,  472. 

Chambers,  Robert,  Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland, 
quoted,  271  ;  2S6. 

Chambers,  William,  restoration  of  St.  Giles's 
Cathedral  by,  20. 

Charteris,  Henry,  printer,  on  early  editions  of  the 
Palyce  of  Honour,  134  ;  books  printed  for  him 
by  John  Scot,  156;  177;  179;  348;  by  R. 
Lekpreuik,  203  ;  240 ;  248  ;  349  ;  by  John 
Ross,  203  ;  32S  ;  334  ;  338  ;  339  ;  340  ;  342  ; 
3^1-;  ;  345  ;  349  ;  appointed  oversman  in  Bas- 
sandyne's  will,  2S9  ;  books  in  his  stock,  326  ; 
351  ;  acquires  Ross's  plant,  328;  349;  at  first 
a  bookseller,  348  ;  his  descent  from  the  Kin- 
fauns  family,  348  ;  witnesses  last  play  jirior  to 
the  reformation,  349 ;  civic  honours,  349 ; 
complaint  against  Vautrollier,  349;  death,  351 ; 
succeeded  by  his  son  Robert,  351 ;  490;  device, 
351  ;  inventory  and  will,  352 ;  his  works 
described,  359. 

Charteris,  Henry,  Principal  of  the  University  of 
Edinburgh,  351  ;  375  ;  490. 

Charteris,  Robert,  printer,  succeeds  his  father  in 
business,  351;  490;  king's  printer,  490; 
death  of  his  wife,  490  ;  his  death,  490  ;  in- 
ventory of  his  stock,  491 ;  his  works  described, 

493- 
Chastel,   John,    The  Decree   Of   The    Covrt   Of 

Parliament  against,   l59St  43I- 
Chaucer,  Maying  or  J^isport,   150S,  56;  perhaps 

the  first  book  printed  in  Scotland,  60;  poem 

attributed  to,  60. 
Chepman,  David,  son   of  Walter  Chepman,   18  : 

receives  his  father's  property,   20  ;   gives  the 

silver   work   to  his  mother,   20 ;   survives  his 

father,  21  ;  a  bookbinder,  21  ;  witness  to  John 

Chcpman's  deed,  21. 
Chepman,  John,  nephew  of  Walter  Chepman,  21 ; 

endows  a  chaplaincy  in  his  uncle's  aisle,  21  ; 

his  wife,  21  ;  terms  of  his  endowment,  21. 
Chepman,  Roliert,  a  witness  to  John  Chcpman's 

deed  endowing  a  chaplaincy,  2r. 
Chc]iman,  Thomas,  a  witness  to  John  Chcpman's 

ilecd,  21. 
Chepman,  Walter,  patent  to,  discovered,  2;  volume 
•     of  pieces  printed  by  him  discoverc<l,  6  ;  copj' 

of  patent  of  James  IV.  to,  ^ ;  comments  on 


the  patent,  8 ;  coadjutor  of  Myllar  in  estab- 
lishing printing,  10;  16;  facsimile  of  his  device, 
12  ;  our  knowledge  of  him,  13  ;  merchant  and 
burgess  of  Edinburgh,  13;  clerk  in  the  office 
of  Patrick  Panter,  13  ;  enjoys  friendship  of 
James  IV.,  13;  services  at  court,  13;  sent 
with  .Stobo  to  English  Court,  13  ;  general 
merchant  and  importer,  14;  umlertakes  to 
establish  a  press,  15;  not  a  pr.actical  printer, 
I  J;  invests  money  in  land,  16 ;  purchases 
Ewerland,  16  ;  life-rents  Meikle-Jergeray,  16  ; 
his  wife  Agnes  Cockburne,  16 ;  purchases 
Priestfiekl,  i6  ;  his  printing  office,  16  ;  dwel- 
ling house,  16  ;  Dean  of  Guild  of  Edinburgh, 

17  ;  builds  on  Boroughmuir,  17  ;  connection 
with  a  brewery,  17;  exempted  from  duties,  17; 
receives  grant  of  tavern  and  booth,  18;  obtains 
charter  of  Kingis-medow,  18 ;  erects  an  aisle 
in  .St.  Giles's,  18  ;  endows  a  mortuar)'  chapel, 
19 ;  enjoins  prayers  to  be  offered,  19 ;  his 
death,  20;  his  burial  at  St.  Giles's,  20;  his 
remains  disturbed,  20 ;  his  tomb,  20 ;  his 
marriages,  20 ;  his  seal  and  signature,  22 ; 
selected  by  the  king  to  introduce  printing,  26  ; 
prints  a  few  books  within  seven  months  of  the 
date  of  the  patent,  27  ;  his  device  described, 
44 ;  books  printed  at  his  press  described,  49-82  ; 
prevents  imjiortation  of  Saruni  Service-Books, 
83 ;  Breviarium  Abcrdoncnse  described,  86-99  ! 
not  the  writer  of  the  colophons,  98  ;  connection 
with  printing  ceases,  99 ;  an  unprofitable 
speculation,  99 ;  printing  materials  sold  or 
laid  aside,  99. 

Chepman,  William,  writer  to  the  signet,  152. 

Cherric  And  The  Slae,  by  Alexander  Montgomery, 
1597,  440. 

Clapham,  Henoch,  Som/nons  To  Doomes-daie, 
1S95.  429  ;  A  liriefe  Of  The  Bible,  1596,  434; 
A  Sinners  Sleep,  1 596,  434. 

Claudin,  A.,  draws  uj)  Catalogue  Lazarclie,  28; 
struck  with  Myllar's  device  in  Expos.  Sequent., 
28 ;  inserts  facsimiles  in  catalogue,  28  ;  his 
discoveries,  29 ;  sends  letter  to  I.a  Typologie, 
29 ;  finds  book  bearing  Myllar's  name,  dated 
1505,  29;  purchases  it  for  the  Bibliotheque 
Nationale,  29. 

Cockburne,  Agnes,  second  wife  of  Walter  Chep- 
man, 16  ;  enjoys  exemjjtions  granted  to  her 
husband,  17;  tenant  for  life  of  King's-meadow, 

18  :  [irayers  for  her  cnjoinetl  by  Che[>man,  19  ; 
delivers  Chcpman's  goods  to  her  son,  20 ; 
receives  the  silver  work  from  David  Chepman, 
20;  her  marriage,  20;  her  widowhood,  21. 

Cockliurne,  James,  Ga/iriel's Sah'tation,  1605,  S^SJ 

Jvdas  Kissc,  1 605,  503. 
Cockburne,  John,  his  t.avern  and  booth  escheated 

to  the  crown,  iS  ;   106. 
Cockburne,  Patrick,  In  Dominicain  Orationcin  pia 

meditatio,  1555,  155;   165. 
("oeffin,   M.artin,    of   Exeter,    books   printed    for, 

29. 
Cologne,  printing  in,  75. 
Colville,  John,  The  /\ili:iod,  1600,  494. 
Commclin,  H.,  printer  in  Heidelberg,  512. 


Index. 


519 


Commeiitarii     De     Arte     Diacreiuli,     liy     John 

Rutherford,   1577,  359. 
Comtnciitariz's  in   Jipistolant   ad   Cotosscnses^    by 

Robert  Rollock,   1600,  453. 
Commoun-myrL-,  iS. 
Compassio  hcale  Marie,  1 00. 
Compendious    And   brctie    I'ractate,    by   William 

Lauder,   1556,   166. 
CipenJiom   biiik   of  godlic   Psalincs,    157S,    338  ; 

1600,  487. 
Coinpsndiiis     Traitiiie,     by    (Juinliiie     Kennedy, 

1558-   173- 
Complaint    Of  A    Christian    .Sovle,    by   George 

Muschet,   1610,  507. 
Complaint  of  Scotland,  by  Robert  Senipill,  267. 
Complaint    vpon    Fortoiiii,    by    Robert    Sempill, 

272. 
Complaynt  of  Schir  Dauid  Lindesay,  192. 
Complaynt  of  Scotland,  3  ;   136. 
Confessio  Fidei,  by  Arclibishop  Patrick  Adamson, 

1572,  257. 
Confession,  Aiie  short  and gencrall,  510. 
Confession    of   Faith,   by   Sir    Henry   Balnaves, 

1584,  386. 
Coiifessioiin  oj  Faith,   1561,  Scot's  edition,   155; 

174;   208;    1561,    Lelipreuik's  edition,    199; 

207  ;  1590,  406  ;  [1580?]  509. 
Confessioiin  of  Maister  lohn  Kelto,  1570,  248. 
Confiitatione  of  the  Abbot  of  Crossragueh  masse, 

by  George  Hay,  1563,  200;  213. 
Constable,    Archibald,     books    formerly    in     his 

library,    141  ;  340;  441  ;  446. 
Constable,  Henry,  Sonnet  by,  417. 
Constance,  see  Adamson,  Patrick. 
Copland,  William,  London  printer,  34I. 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  book  in,  described, 

220  ;  221. 
Corser,     Rev.    Thomas,    book    formerly    in    his 

library,  4S8. 
Corstorphen,  18. 
Cotton,  Henry,   Typographical  Gazetteer,  quoted, 

215. 

Covniesse  Of  Pemhrokes  Arcadia,  by  Sir  Philip 
Sidney,   1599,  448. 

Cowgato,  Kdinburgh,  see  .Southgait. 

Cowper,  John,  servant  to  Vautrollier,  349. 

Cowper,  Robert,  tailor,  Edinburgh,  327. 

Craig,  John,  A  Shorte  Svmme  Of  The  Whole 
Catcchisme,   1 58 1,  360. 

Craig,  Sir  Thomas,  Henrici  ct  Mariae  Epithala- 
miiim,  1565,  223;  verses  by,  422;  437;  Ad 
lacobvin  b.  Parccneticon,  1603,459;  Serenissimi 
lacobi  ZT((pavo<l>6pia ,  1603,  497  ;  Ad  Serenis- 
simvm  Henriciim  Propcmpticon,  1603,  498. 

Craig,  William,  Theses  Philosophicae,  1599,  375. 

Crammond  Regis,  Manor  of,  16. 

Craneston,  William,  dedication  to,  457. 

Cranstoun,  Dr.  James,  edits  Montgomery's  Poems, 
440. 

Crawford,  Earl  of,  books  in  his  library  described, 

I6S  i  338- 
Crespin,  John,  printer  in  Geneva,  213  ;  291. 
Cro'ssraguell,  Quintine  Kennedy,  Commendator  of 

the  Abbey  of,  173  ;  200;  213  ;  216. 


Criiikit  liedis  the  blinde,  by  Robert  Scinpill,  1570, 

244. 
Crypt,    The,    Lauder's    Compendious    and  Brcue 

Tractate  reprinted  in,  173. 
Culross,    Abbot  and    Monks   of,   sell    life-rent    of 

Meikle-Jergeray  to  Chepman,   16. 
Culross,  .Sir  James  Inglis,  .-\l)bot  of,  138. 
Culross,  Lady,  see  Melville,  Elizabeth. 
Cumrie,  Lady,  see  Melville,  Elizabeth. 
Cunningham,  Alexander,  fifth  Earl  of  Glencairn, 

dedication  to,  2 1 6. 
Cunningham,    Rev.    Dr.    William,    edits   Bruce's 

Sermons,  463. 

Daemonologie,  by  King  James  VL,  1597,  439. 
Dais,  Eliz.  and  Isobclla,  sell  Ewcrland  to  Chep- 
man, 16. 
Dalby,  Christopher  J.,  De  Pradestinaiione,  1595, 

433- 
Dalgleish,  George,  291. 
Dalhousie,  Earl  of,  book  in  his  library  described, 

326. 
Dalyell,  John  Graham,  Scottish  Poems  of  the  i6th 

Century,  234. 
Danmian,  Sir  Adrian,  Schediasinata,  1590,  409; 

verses   by,    41 7  ;   422;   Bartasias  De  Mviidi 

Creatione,  1 600,  453. 
Daniel,   George,    books   formerly  in   his   library, 

254:  272. 
Darnley,  Lord,  see  Stewart,  Henry. 
D.avidson,    John,    Principal    of    the    College    of 

Glasgow,  Ane  Answer  to  the  Tractiue,  1563, 

215. 
Davidson,  John,  Regent  in  .St.  Leonard's  College, 

Ane  Dialog,  205  ;  270;  Latin  poem  by,  256  ; 

Ane  Breif  Coinmendatiovn,  1573,  260;  Poetical 

Remains,  261  ;   430  ;  D.  Bancrofts  Rashnes, 

1590,  409;  Memorial  of  t-,^v-LCorlhyc  Christians, 

1595,  430;  writer  of  Preface  to  .-/  Discoverie, 

467. 
D.avidson,    Thomas,    printer,    receives    grant    of 

jiremises  formerly  occupied  by  Chepman,  18 ; 

106  ;  a  native  of  Aberdeen,  105  ;  appointed  a 

searcher,    105  ;    chosen   to    print   Acts,    105  ; 

king's  printer,  105;  his  wife,  106;  locality  of 

his    printing    office,    106 ;    his    device,    106  ; 

works  printed  by  him  described,   109. 
Davison,  William,  secretary  to  (jueen  Elizabeth, 

382. 
Daye,  John,  London  prmter,  249  ;  252. 
De   .Eterna    Mentis    Divinac   Approbatioiie,    by 

Robert   Rollock,    1594,  429. 
DeAqua  in  altiim,  by  William  Welwood,  1582,  324. 
De  Avgvstissimo    lacobi    6.    Epithalamivm,    by 

Hercules  Rollock,   1589,  367. 
De  Crventa  Morte  A.  Hviiteri,  by  John  Johnston, 

1590,  410. 
De  Execrabili  conjuratione,  1601,  496. 
De    Fvroribvs    Gallicis,    by    Ernest    Varamund, 

1573.  512. 
De  Jure  Rcgni,  by  George  Buchanan,  1579,  344  : 

1580.  344- 
De  Ivstifcatione   Hominis,    by   Patrick   Geddes, 

1600,  450. 


520 


Index. 


De  Libera  Arbilrio,  by  J.  Masson,  1597,  439. 
De  Papistantni   Sitpcrstiosis  liuptiii^   by  Patrick 

Adamson,  1564,  219. 
De  PrcTiiestinatione,  by  C.  J.  Dalby,  1 595,  433. 
De  ProsoJia,  by  George  Buchanan,  473. 
De  Regno  Angliac,  Ad  lacohviii  (>.   7'llii>  delalo, 

Paiiegyricoii,  liy  John  EchHn,  1603,  459. 
De  Vnione  Brilamiiii,  by  Robert  Pont,  1604,  502. 
De  i'erhont»i  sigitijicatione,  by  Sir  John  Skene, 

1597.  437  ;  1599.  444- 
DeclaratioTii,  1582,  266. 
Declaraliotin  Of  The  Kings  Maieslies  Intentiovit, 

1585,392. 
Declarattoitit    of    tJie    Lordis    titst    quarreli,    Ijy 

Robert  Sompill,   1567,  234. 
Decree  of  tlie  Covrl  of  Parliament  against  John 

Chastel,  1595,  431. 
Delitiie  Poctaruin  Scotorum,  411. 
Dempster,  Tlu>mas,  Epithalantiou,  160S,  506. 
Deplorationn  of  the  MurtJier  of  Jatnes^   Erie  of 

Murray,   1570,   243. 
Devonshire,    Duke   of,    book    in   the    library   of, 

described,  496. 
Dialog,  by  John  Davidson,  205  ;  270. 
Dialog  hetnix  Experience  and  ane  Cotirtcour,  by 

Sir    David    Lyndsay,    1st   edition,    183  ;    2nd 

edition,    1S7, 
Dialogi  ah  Evsebio  Philadelpho,  1574,  512. 
Dibdin,    Thomas    Frognall,    edition    of   Ames's 

Typographical    Antiquities,     noticed,     5  ;    on 

date  of  Bellenden's  CroniJ:lis,  131  ;  Northern 

Tirtr,  quoted,  132;  2 lo;  257;  on  John  Scot,  151. 
Didvction,  by  Alexander  Hume,  1602,  455. 
Discourse  Tviching  The  Estait,  1572,  257. 
Discoiierie  Of  The  Conspiracie  of  Scottish  Papists, 

465  ;  466. 
Doctrinae  Christianae  explicatio,  by  Patrick  Sharp, 

1599,  448. 
Doimtus,  jirinted  by  Chepman,  85. 
Dome,  John,  Oxford  bookseller,  55. 
Douce,  Francis,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  345. 
Douglas,   Gawin,  Bishop  of  Dunkeld,   Provost  of 

St.  Giles's  Collegiate  Church,  Edinburgh,  18; 

Palycc  of  Honour,  133;  1 579,  340. 
Douglas,  James,  fourth  Earl  of  Morton,  205  ;  271  ; 

272 ;  275  ;  279  ;  284. 
Dreine  of  Schir  Dauid  Lyndesay,  192. 
Drumniond,  James,  first  Earl  of  Perth,  \erses  on 

his  marriage,  506. 
Drury,  Sir  William,  247  ;  261. 
Diuldingstonc  Loch,  16. 
Dunbar,  William,  Chepman 's  introduction  to,  14  ; 

Poems,  eilited  by  D.  Laing,  quoted,  19;  20; 

The  Golilyn  Targe,  55;  admiration  of  Chaucer, 

60  ;    Flyting  of  Dunbar  and  A'enncdie,   60  : 

Ballade  of  Lord  Barnard  Stewart,  63  ;  Elegy 

on  the  death  of  Barnard  Steivart,   64  :    'T'va 

Marrit    Wemen  and  the    Wedo,   64 ;  Lament 

for  the   A/ahars,   64  ;     Testament  of  Maistir 

Andro  Kennedy,  67. 
Duncan,  Andrew,  Rvdiinenta  Pietatis,  1595,  431 ; 

Latina    Grammatica,    1 595,   43 1  ;    Appendix 

Elyinologiae,  1595,  432  ;  Stvdiorvnt  Pverilivm 

Clavis,  1597,  43S. 


Duncan,  .Schir  John,  Parson  of  Glasgow,  105. 
Durham  Cathedral,  book  in  the  library  described, 

374- 
Durie,  Robert,  dedication  to,  457. 

Echlin,  John,  De  Regno  Angliae,  Ad  Lacobvm  6. 

vitrb  delato,    Panegyricon,   1603,  459 ;    Theses 

disputed  under  his  presidency,  495. 
Edinburgh,    printing    press    established    at,    2  ; 

progress  of  printing  in,  vide  passim. 
Edinburgh  Castle,  siege  of,  261  ;  262  ;  307  ;  308. 
Edinburgh    Council  Records,    quoted,    20;    156 ; 

157;' 202;   206;   315;   316;   349:   350:   379. 
Edinburgh    Libraries,    see    Advocates',    General 

Register  House,   Signet. 
Edinburgh  University,  Theses  disputed  in,  373  ; 

.375  ;  493- 
Edinburgh  University  Library,  books  in,  described, 
96;  132;  165;  175;  176;  1S7;  219;  223; 
224  ;  230  ;  232  ;  257  ;  265  ;  324  ;  341  ;  373  ; 
375;  376:  3S7;  388;  390;  392;  409;  411: 
414;  416;  419;  420;  423;  426;  427;  428; 
432  ;  433  ;  435  ;  43S  ;  439  ;  442  ;  444  ;  445  ; 
446  ;  44S  ;  452 ;   453  ;  456  ;  459  ;   460  ;  463  ; 

473 ;  494 ;  496 ;  497 ;  49S ;  s°4 ;  5°^ ;  507- 

Eglanioure,  see  Syr  Eglamoure. 

Elizabeth,    Queen    of    England,    book    formerlj- 

belonging  to,  240  ;   Robert   Sempill's  counsel 

to,  254. 
Elphinstune,  William,  Bishop  of  Aberdeen,  men- 
tioned in  patent  of  James  IV.,  8  ;  the  king's 

desire  to  favour  him,  g  ;  his  Breviary  ready 

for  the  press,  26  ;  his  History  of  Scotland,  56  ; 

influence    in    introducing    printing,    86  ;     his 

Breviary  described,  87. 
Epitaphe  Vpon   The  Death  Of  Robert  Boves,  by 

William  Fowler,  1597,  43S. 
Epithalaiition,  by  Thomas  Dem]isler,  160S,  50O. 
Erroll,  Earl  of,  see  Hay,  Francis. 
Erskine,  John,  fifth  Lord  Erskine,  and  first  Earl 

of  Marr,  dedication  to,  256. 
Erskine,  Sir  John,  of  Dun,  dedication  to,  486. 
Essayes  Of  A  Prentise,  by  King  James  \\.,  1584, 

382  ;  389. 
Essex,  Robert,  Earl  of,  dedication  to,  46S. 
Ewerland,  purchased  by  Chepman,  16. 
Exeter,  Martin  Coeflin  of,  29. 
Exhortatiovn   Derect    to    my    L.ord    Regent,    by 

Robert  .Sempill,   267. 
Exhortationn   to  all  plesand  thingis,    !))■    Robert 

Sempill,  1570,  246. 
Exhortationn   to  the   A'yngis    Grace,    by    Sir   D. 

Lyndsay,  192. 
Exhortationn  to  the  Lordis,  1 57 1,  250. 
Exhortationn  to  the  Lordis,  by   Robert   .Sempill, 

1567.  234. 
Expositio  Set/ucniianim,    1506,    Myllar's    device 

found  in  it,  28  ;  purchased  by  British  Museum, 

28  ;  liihliographiral  description,  36. 
Exposition    Vpon   Psalines,    by    Robert    RoUock, 

1600,  452. 

Faius,    Anthony,     Propositions    disputed    ntuier, 
1591,  418. 


Index. 


521 


Fall  of  the  Roman  Kirk,  273  ;  307. 
Farquharson,   Dr.,  presents  volume  of  Chepman 

and  Myllar's  pieces  to  Advocates'  Library,  49. 
Fegot-burnc,  18. 
Fenner,   Dudley,    Certain    Godly  treatises,    1592, 

421  ;  Calectiisine,  1592,  422. 
Ferguson,  David,  Answer  to  ane  Epistle,   1563, 

2l8  ;  Sermon,  1572,  256. 
Fetherstone,   Christopher,   translator   of  Lawne's 

Abridgement,   39 1. 
Field,  Henry,  of  Stratford-upon-Avon,  383. 
Field,  Richard,  printer  in  London,  383. 
Fine   liundrelh  fointes  of  good   hiisbandrie,    by 

Thomas  Tusser,   1599,  449. 
Flasket,  John,  bookseller  in  London,  471. 
Fleming,  John,  fifth  Lord,  Governor  of  Dumbarton 

Castle,  247. 
Fleming,  Jane,  Lady  Thirlestane,  dedication  to, 

421. 
Floddon,  Battle  of,  19. 
Flyting  of  Dunbar  and  Kennedy,  60. 
Foirm  Na  Ntirrnuidhecuih,  1567,  231. 
Forestar,  Alexander,  18. 
Forme  and  maner  of  examination,  15S1,  361. 
Forme  of  Prayers,  by  John  Calvin,    1562,   212  ; 

original  edition,  213  ;   1565,  220  ;    1575,  309. 
Forme  of  the  abstinence,  1572,  307. 
Fort  Augustus  Benedictine   Monaster)-,  book   in, 

described,   165. 
Foulis,  Sir  James,  of  CoUington,  105. 
Fo7uer  Diseoitrses  of  praises  vnto  God,  by  Alex- 
ander Hume,   1594,  426. 
Fowler,  William,  An  Answer  To  The  Calvmniovs 

Letter,  1581,  265  ;  Sonnet  by,  41 7  ;  An  Epi- 

taphe,  1597,  438. 
Frost,  Francis  and  William,  complained  against 

by  Chepman,  84. 
Frvitfvl  And  CodlySermon,  by  Richard  Greenham, 

«S95.  432- 
Frvtifvll Medilatioun,  by  King  James  VL,  15S8, 

365- 
Fry,  Irancis,  book  in  his  library  described,  323. 
Furnivall,  F.  J.,  edits  Lauder's  poems,  269. 
Fylder,  Nicol,  cautioner  for  Lekpreuik,  202. 

Gabriel's  Salvtation,  by  James  Cockburne,  1605, 

503- 
Gairden,  Jonet,  wife  of  Robert  Smyth,  476 ;  482. 
Galloway,  Patrick,  minister  of  Perth,  365  ;  366. 
Garlandia,   Joannes   de,   Mttltontm   voeabttlomm 

equivoconim  interpretatio,  1505,29;  translation 

of  colophon,  30;  bibliographical  description,  32. 
Garrick,  David,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  55. 
Geddes,  Patrick,  De  Ivsiificatione  Hominis,  1600, 

450. 
General  Register  House,  Edinburgh,  Proclamation 

in,  described,  461. 
General  Register  of  Deeds,  quoted,  426. 
George  HL,  Strena  purchased  for,  122;  Rolland's 

Seven  Sages  in  his  library,  486. 
Gerardus,  Pauhis,  dedication  by,  225. 
German,  Andrew,  Nova  Tragieo  Comoedia,  15S2, 

5'2- 
Gest  of  Robyn  Node,  68  ;  type  of,  exammed,  75. 


Gibson,   John,    bookbinder   in    Edinburgh,    206 ; 

349 ;  482. 

Gilbert,  Lilias,  dedication  to,  453. 

Gillespie,  David,  baker,  152. 

Gladstone,    W.    E.,    his    preface    to    Hamilton's 

Cateihisme,   165. 
Glamis  Castle,  see  Strathniore,  Earl  of. 
Glasgow   University,   Charles   Stule  incorporated 

in,   loi. 
Glencairn,  Earl  of,  see  Cunningham,  Alexander. 
Codlie    Dreame,    by    Elizabeth    Melville,     Lady 

Culross,  1603,  498;  499;   1606,  505. 
C(5r///ct'.r/;(;r/(z//o««,  by  Archbishop  John  Hamilton, 

described,  ig6. 
Codlie  Tractate,  by  William  Lauder,  269. 
Godly  treatis,  by  James  Anderson,  1595,  486. 
Golagros  and  Ciawane,  sec  Knightly  Tale. 
Golden  Chaine,  by  William  Perkins,  1592,  423. 
Goldyn  Targe,  by  William  Dunbar,  55. 
Gordon,  George,  fifth  Earl  of  Ilunlly,  205  ;  242. 
Gordon,  George,  sixth  Earl  and  first  Marquis  of 

Huntly,  435. 
Gordon,  George,  Lord,  afterwards  second  Marquis 

of  Huntly,  verses  on  his  marriage,  506. 
Gordon,     Sir     Robert,     of    (Jordonstoun,    Imoks 

formerly  in  his   library,  described,   505  ;   507. 
Goupil,    Richard,    of    Rouen,    prints   for    Slartin 

Coeffin  of  Exeter,  29. 
Gourlaw,  Robert,  bookbinder,  Edinburgh,  326. 
Gowrie,  Earl  of,  see  Ruthven,  John. 
Gotvries  Con  spiracle,  1600,  494. 
Gracie,  John  Black,  W.S.,  177. 
Graham,  D.avid,  of  Fentrie,  465  ;  466. 
Graham,  John,  third  Earl  of  Montrose,  dedication 

to,  450. 
Graham,  John,  fourth  Earl  of  Montrose,  dedica- 
tion to,   507. 
Granados  Spiritual  And  heatienly  Exercises,  1 600, 

451. 
Cratian'ni  Actio,  by  John  Belus,  1 590,  406. 
Greek  types,  earliest  use  in  .Scotland,  170  ;  Lek- 

preuik's  apology  for  want  of,  200;  214;  Bas- 

sandyne's  use  of,  215  ;  322 ;  their  absence  in  a 

work  printed  in  Spain,  215;  Ross's  want  of, 

329 ;  343- 
Greenham,     Richard,    A    Frvitfvl   And    Godly 

Sermon,   1595,  432. 
Gregor,    Rev.    Walter,    LL.  D.,   edits    Court    of 

Venus,  335. 
Grenville,     Rt.     Hon.     Thomas,    books    in    his 

library,  141  ;  446  ;  see  also  British  Museum. 
Griffyth,  William,  stationer,  London,  394. 
Guarinus,  Thomas,  printer  in  Basel,  384. 
Guthrie,  D.avid,  of  Kincaldrum,  2S3;  2S4 ;  286. 
Guthrie,  William,  of  Halkertoun,  2S3;  284;  286. 

Habakkuk,  see  Paraphrasis. 

/('a/AflOTira//wo;;//;'oKH, by  Robert  Sempill,  1570, 247. 
Hairt,  William,  Advocate,  400. 
Hall,   Professor  Fitzedward,  on  John  Scot,  151  ; 

his    reprint    of    Lauder's     Compendious    anJ 

Brcue  Tractate,   173. 
Hall,  Rowland,  London  printer,  prints  Confession 

of  Faith,  175  ;  208. 

R 


522 


Index. 


Hamilton,  Archibald,  342-  ,,,'    "  ' 

y^^^:si:^^-  --  or  A... 

Han>^ton,  James,  second  Marquis  of,  dedication 
Hammon,   Jean,    Ladie   Skirling,   dedication   to, 

"Tr'X"'d^±'h''"'''^'?''P    °^    S'-    Andrews, 
Scot,    4'*    4°'    ?/'     Z'    '552,  printed  by 

hammer  before  Him,^  f  Vw^^l-.^! 
Hamilton,  John,  455  ;  456 
H'rhw°"A^'"''  ^"^.?^>-'  •^«°'<«  formerly  in    ,„ 

Harlem,  invention  of  printing  at,  2 

TSiJSetrr^^'^p"^--"'^^ 

Harr'Z'  /°''"'  ^'"""e^""'  ^'"'°"er  in  London   ,6. 
Hart,  Andro,  printer  in  Edinburgh,  461  -486  ^' 
Ha..,  Thomas,  apprentice  to  Roi'rt  Waldtgr'ave, 
Hay,  Alexander,  Clerk  of  Council,  277. 
Hay,  Francis,  eighth  Earl  of  Erro  I   4V? 
Hay,  George,    77,.  C.„>.„,,„,/^' ^/^/"^  „ 

HaznrT'f  "'""'■   'S63,  200U13.  ^ 

CnH-r-    ^■' /[f'^ibook,   quoted.    360-    c,o  • 

370;  .600..,  4^5'  ^' '  '570.  203;  240;  ,594, 

Henryson,  Edward,  226 

Henryson     Robert,    T/,e  Prauc  0/ .-t^c    60  •    77,. 

■59°;  36S'     ^    '       "  ^""""''^  ofCresseiJ, 
Hepburn,^  James,  fourth  Earl  of  Bothwell,  232, 


tts""^    fe't'r^''    ^I'^P'"-'^    <l-"ing- 
to  Chepman!':8    ■""   ^""   ''°°">  ■"'  ^rante^d 
H,'l!'  tI,-'  -^  ^"■'y'"^'''-'-  To,  467. 

scrSdr^sV'"""^   ^°-'"'^  -  h-  library,  de- 

^^  :S  5^'"^^  ^-->  by  King  James 

Lyndsay,    1594,  369.  '     "^    ^'^     l^avid 

^"'f':?'  ?/"  ivdith,    by   G.    de    SiliK.P     «■ 

Bartas,   15S4,  3S2;  388  '"'"'   '"""^  ^" 

Ho  and,  printing  introduced  from,  2 

"-L{,-e,^;;S57/'^^^^-'^^-- 

,      &oeffi;U9^il^Aa:?;4r'^^°^M-■n 
TSit"'v"""•7  ^'  Cambuslang,  403. 
Howie,  Robert,  dedication  to   410 
Howlat,  sec  Buke  of  the 

^"""'aT'  ,T''°'"-'^^'  translator  of  Du  Bartas    uSS 
Hvmbtc  Motion,  by  Tohn  Penrv    ,  p„  '  3****- 

Hume,  AlexanderfrnisteroT'L'4',r3i6.  ^„. 
Trcatzse  of  Consaencc,  1594    42T-'i^7-'    ," 

Hume,SirlJt^^^;^;^t:?§i34, 

t7ot!;irr4.8°'5:;"'^'^^"'''^'^^ 
^«««,  by  Alexander  Hume    iwo   ^^. 

"^eX^f^i^Siif- 

/« _^/...^.  ^.  ^^.i^.  ^^^  ^^^_^^^^^ 

"'  iS^Tj^^^""^'"--.    by    Robert 

'"  'Ztl,t'^"'  ''""'''"''  "^y  ^^'•-"  King. 
/«  Z,|^.«  /Az,„V/,>,   by  Robert   Rollock,    ,59., 

'""^^i^Af""^  ''™^"^  '"  "'^  ''•^-O',  de- 
Inglis,  Sir  James.  Co.,^M,„t  0/ S.ot/a„d .umm^d 
Innes,    Cosmo.    Scotland   i„    //,.     ;i^yj/ 

«,3.....42,^i.^^^ 

Jack,  Thomas,  Onoma,tuon  Pocticvm,  ,592,  422. 


Index. 


523 


James  I.,  King  of  Scodnml,  Ads,  226;  436. 

James  II.,  King  of  ScoUand,  poem  addressed  to, 
56  ;  Alls,  226  ;  436. 

James  III.,  King  of  .Scotland,  Acts,  226  ;  436. 

James  IV.,  King  of  .Scotland,  his  I'atcnt  to 
Chepman  and  iMyllar  disco\'eied,  2  ;  copy  of 
the  Patent,  7  ;  directly  instrumental  in  intro- 
ducing printing,  8  ;  a  friend  to  Chepman,  13  ; 
grants  Chepman  exemptions,  17  ;  his  fate  at 
Floddon,  19 ;  pr.iyers  for  him  endowed  by 
Chepman,  19  ;  a  patron  of  learning,  26  ;  a 
bibliophile,  26  ;  selects  Chepman  and  Myllar 
to  introduce  printing,  26  ;  Acts,  226  ;  436. 

James  V'.,  King  of  .Scotland,  continues  exemptions 
to  Chepman,  17;  gives  him  grant  of  tavern 
and  booth,  18  ;  grants  same  premises  to 
Thomas  Davidson,  18  ;  pr.iyers  for  him  en- 
joined by  Chepman,  ig  ;  appoints  Davidson 
searcher  and  king's  printer,  105  ;  grants 
Davidson  a  tavern  and  booth,  106;  Acts,  109; 
226;  Strena  addressed  to  him,  121;  ISellen- 
den's  translation  of  Boece's  HistoHa  under- 
taken at  his  command,  123  ;  his  own  copy  of 
Bellenden's  Croniklis,  132. 

James  VI.,  King  of  Scotland,  Acts,  235;  259; 
263  ;  325  :  335  ;  336  ;  341  ;  345  ;  362  ;  424  ; 
436  ;  dedications  to,  320  ;  323  ;  343  ;  38S  ; 
414  ;  415  :  416 ;  420 ;  425 ;  42S  ;  437  ;  442  ; 
448  ;  454  ;  45S  ;  459  ;  463  ;  502  ;  verses  by, 
325;  A  lie  Frvitfvll  McJitatioiiii,  1588,  365; 
Ane  Meditatiovn,  1589,  366  ;  Essaycs  Of  A 
Prcntise,  1 584,  382;  389;  His  Maiestics 
Poeticalt  Exercises,  1 59 1,  417;  Daemoiioloi;ie, 
1597;  439;  Trve  Lawe  of  free  Monarchies, 
1598,  443  ;  Bao-iXiKoi/  Aupoi/,  1599,  445  ;  1603, 
460  ;  incidental  notices,  204  ;  325  ;  345  ;  367  ; 
392  ;  409  ;  41 1  ;  437  ;  449  ;  452  ;  461  ;  472  ; 

494 ;  497 ;  498 ;  S'O. 

Jascuy,  Samuel,  his  name  on   Sir  D.   Lyndsay's 

Works,  79  ;  195. 
Johnston,  John,  De  Crveitta  Morte  A.  Hvnteri, 

1590,  410. 
Jolley,    Thomas,    book   formerly   in    his    library, 

described,  339. 
Jvdas  Kisse,  by  James  Cockburne,  1605,  503. 
Jugge,    Richard,    his   edition  of  Beza's   Oration, 

211  ;  his  device,  316. 

Keith,    Bishop   Robert,    History    of   Church    in 

Scotlcind,  ipioted,    175. 
Kello,  John,  Confcssioiin  of,  1570,  248. 
Kennedy,  Andro,  see  Testament. 
Kennedy,  Gilbert,  Master,  and  afterwards  fourth 

Earl  of  Cassillis.  173. 
Kennedy,  James,  of  Uchterlour,  215. 
Kennedy,    Quintine,    Ane    compendius    Tractitie, 

1558,  173  ;  answered  by  John  Davidson,  174  ; 

215;     Confutatione    of,    200;    Ane  familiar 

commune,  215. 
Kennedy,  Walter,  Flyting  of  Dunbar  and,  60. 
Ker,  George,  465  ;  466. 
Ker,   John,    third   Duke    of    Roxburghe,    books 

formerly  in  his  library,  described,   141  ;  177  ; 

223  ;  340  ;  488  ;  496. 


Ker,  Professor  John,  presents  Aberdeen  Breviary 
to  Advocates'  Libr-iry,  96. 

Kerkettle,  see  C.arkettle. 

Kerknett,  Salomon,  of  Magdeburg,  286. 

KiMale,  Henry,  Barrow,  Derbyshire,  395. 

Kilwinning,  Charles  Stule,  a  monk  in  the  Abbey 
of,  loi.  ' 

King,  Adam,  In  lacolwin  Sextvm  Panegyris, 
^    1603,  498. 

King,  William,  stationer,  London,  396. 

Kingis  Complaint,  by  Robert  .Sempill,  267. 

Kingis-hauche,  18. 

Kingis-medow,  charter  of,  obtained  by  Chepman,  1 8. 

King's  College,  Candiridge,  book  in  the  library, 
described,  495. 

Kirkaldy,  William,  of  Grange,  203  ;  247  ;  261. 

Knightley,  Sir  Richard,  398. 

Kniglitly  Talc  of  Coiagros  and  Caivane,  1 508,  52. 

Knox,  John,  History  of  the  Reformation,  (juoted, 
175  ;  209  ;  To  his  loi'ing  Brethren,  1571,  204  ; 
250;  IVorhs,  quoted,  213;  217  ;  222;  239; 
250 ;  253  ;  263  ;  382  ;  lessoning  with  the  Abbot 
of  Crosraguell,  1563,  216;  Benedicts'  Kpistle 
to  Knox  answered,  218  ;  Psalms  and  Liturgy, 
220  ;  230  ;  309  ;  371  ;  487  ;  493  ;  An  Ans7ver 
To  a  Letter  of  a  lesvit,  1572,  252;  prisoner 
along  with  Balnaves,  387. 

La  Caille,  J.  de,  Histoire  de  timprimerie  et  de  la 
lihrairie,  r|uoted,  3. 

Laing,  Dr.  David,  his  works  on  Scotti.sh  Literature, 
6 ;  his  Poems  of  William  Dunbar,  quoted, 
19  ;  20 ;  receives  Catalogue  f.azarche,  28  ; 
urges  British  Museum  to  purchase  Expos. 
Sequent.,  28;  edits  Chepman  and  Myllar's 
pieces,  50  ;  vellum  copy  sold  at  his  sale,  50  ; 
on  Buke  of  Gudc  Counsalc,  56  ;  on  jioem  at 
end  of  Maying,  60  ;  on  two  last  pieces  in 
unique  volume,  79  ;  arrangement  of  the  pieces 
in  his  reprint,  80 ;  discovers  leaves  of  Sir 
William  Wallace,  8 1  ;  reprints  Compassio 
beate  Marie,  100  ;  discovers  leaves  of  Buke  of 
the  Ho7ulat,  lOI  ;  on  the  date  of  Strcnii,  122  ; 
discovers  fragment  of  Palyce  of  Honour,  133  ; 
on  the  Complaynt  of  Scotland,  138;  on  John 
Scot,  151  ;  152;  his  notice  of  Lauder,  173; 
editor  of  IVodrmu  Miscellany,  174;  intro- 
duction to  Winzet's  works,  177;  introduction 
to  Hamilton's  Godlie  Exhortatioun,  196  ; 
editor  of  Knox's  works,  213  :  edits  Select 
Remains,  256  ;  346  ;  on  Arbuthnet's  device, 
317  ;  on  The  Bulk  of  Alexander  the  giit, 
326  ;  edits  Glide  and  Godlie  Ballatis,  339 ; 
488  ;  edits  Rolland's  Seuin  Seages,  339 ;  his 
edition  of  Lyndsay,  quoted,  364  ;  edits  Poems 
of  Henryson,  368  ;  Adversaria,  (juoted,  426  ; 
edits  Montgomery's  Poems,  440 ;  books  formerly 
in  his  library,  described,  166;  170;  174;  229; 
248  ;  249  ;  310  ;  361  ;  3S4  ;  425  ;  430 ;  461  j 
496  :  500 ;  509. 
Lambeth  Palace,  books  in  the  library,  descril>ed, 
196  ;  208  ;  230  ;  239  ;  250  ;  258  ;  263  ;  266  ; 

345 ;  366 ;  367 ;  387 ;  392 ;  40S ;  409 ;  4"  ; 

416  ;  418. 


5^4 


Index. 


Lament  for  the  Makar^,  by  William  Diinbnr,  14; 

64. 
Laiiicntatioof  the  coinounis  of  Scotland^  1572,  253. 
Lamentation  of  Lady  Scotland,  1 572,  254. 
Languet,  Hubert,  Vindkiit  contra  tyrannos,  1579, 

Lansdowne,    Marquis   of,    book    formerly   in   his 

library,  371. 
Last  Blast  of  the    Trompct,  by  Ninian  Winzet, 

1562,   155;  175- 
Latina   Grammatica,  by  Andrew  Duncan,   1595, 

431- 

Latinac  grammatices  nidtmenta,  1580,  509. 

Lauder,  William,  Ane  Compendious  And  breitc 
Tractate,  1556,  166;  Ane  prcttie  Mirrour, 
268  ;  Ane  Godlie  Tractate,  269. 

Law,  Thomas  Graves,  his  introduction  to  Hamil- 
ton's Catcchisme,  noticed,  165 ;  to  Craig's 
Catechisme,  361. 

Lawne,  William,  An  Abridgement  Of  The  Insti- 
tution, 1585,  391. 

Lawson,  James,  Latin  verses  by,  264. 

Lazarche,  \'ictor,  sale  catalogue  of  his  library,  28 ; 
quoted,  42. 

Leckie,  J-,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  170. 

Lectvrcs  Vpon  Thessalonians,  by  Robert  RoUock, 
1606,  505. 

Lee,  Principal  John,  his  Memorial,  quoted,  102  ; 
131;  311;  313;  314;  on  Lekpreuik's  na- 
tionality, 198  ;  presents  Dibdin  with  fragments, 
210;  writes  introduction  to  Ferguson's  Tracts, 
219  ;  book  formerly  in  his  library,  257. 

Leith,  anepremonitionntothebarnisof,  1572,  253. 

Lekpreuik,  Robert,  printer,  on  Davidson's  edition 
of  the  Ne7u  Actis,  118;  prints  Confession  of 
Faith,  155  ;  174  ;  his  woodcut  on  title  of  Kanf 
coihear,  iSo ;  his  nationality,  198 ;  obtains 
part  of  Davidson's  plant,  199  ;  belongs  to  the 
reformed  party,  199  ;  receives  assistance  from 
the  General  Assembly,  199  ;  complains  of 
want  of  support,  2CX3 ;  receives  authority  to 
print  Acts,  &c. ,  201  ;  king's  printer,  201  ; 
licence  to  print  the  Bible,  202  ;  finds  a 
cautioner,  202;  prints  for  H.  Charteris,  203; 
240 ;  348 ;  349 ;  escapes  from  Edinburgh,  204 ; 
prints  in  Stirling,  204  ;  prints  in  St.  Andrews, 

204  ;  returns  to  Edinburgh,  205  ;  imprisoned, 

205  ;  his  declining  years,  205  ;  a  bookbinder, 

206  ;  character  of  his  printing,  206  ;  his  dated 
works  described,  207 ;  undated  works  described, 
267  ;  receives  pension  from  Bassandyne,  289. 

Lennox,  Earl  and  Duke  of,  see  Stewart. 

Leslie,  Andrew,  fourth  Earl  of  Rothes,  dedication 

to,  431. 
Leslie,  John,  Bishop  of  Ross,  Dc  Orixiite,  Moribns, 

et  Rehtts  Gestis  Scotontm,  (juoted,  156. 
Leyden,  John,  on  date  of  Bellenden'sC)-««//C'/M, 

131  ;     edits    Complaynt    of    Scotland,    137 ; 

quoted,  227. 
Lilly,  Joseph,  254  ;  272. 
Lincoln  Cathedral  Library,  books  in,  described, 

165  ;  497. 
Lindsay,  Sir  David,  Works,  printed  in  France  for 

S.  jascuy,  79  ;  195  ;  probably  the  designer  of 


woodcut  of  Scottish  Arms,  log  ;  woodcuts  in 
his  Dialoc;,  no  ;  Complaynt  of  Scotland  attri- 
buted to  him,  137;  Chalmers' edition  of  IVorhs, 
quoted,  150  ;  The  warhis  printed  by  Scot,  156; 
157;  Scot's  edition  of  1568,  4;  177;  Scot's 
edition  of  1571,  179;  J\fonarchy,  1st  edition, 
1S3  ;  2nd  edition,  187  ;  Papyni;o,  191  ;  The 
Tragedie  of  the  Cardinall,  191  ;  the  Dreme, 
192  ;  Exhortatioun  to  the  Kyngis  Grace,  192  ; 
the  Complaynt,  192  ;  The  -warkis,  1574,  30S  ; 
1582,  362;  1592,  367:  1597,  374;  1604,  501; 
Ane  pleasant  Satyre  of  the  three  Kstaits,  1594, 
369;  1601,496;  Historie  Of  Sqtiyer  Meldritm, 

1594.  369- 

Lindsay,  David,  minister  of  Leith,  277  ;  278. 

Lindsay,  David,  Rothesay  Herald,  218. 

Lindsay,  James,  seventh  Lord,  of  the  Byres, 
dedication  to,  421. 

Lindsay,  John,  tenth  Lord,  of  the  Byres,  dedica- 
tion to,  456. 

Lindsay,  John,  epigram,  323. 

Litill,  William,  dedication  to,  373. 

Lok,  Henry,  verses  by,  417. 

Londersel,  Assuerus  vol,  317. 

Low  Countries,  trade  with  Scotland,  2. 

Lowndes,  W.  T.,  Bibliographer's  Manual,  quoted, 
131  ;  170;  366;  369. 

Lownes,  Humphrey,  stationer,  London,  403. 

Lowson,  James,  minister  of  Edinburgh,  277 ; 
278  ;  382  ;  384. 

Loys,  Jamet,  printer  in  Rouen,  29. 

Luis  de  Granada,  Spiritual  And  heauenly  Exer- 
cises, 1600,  451. 

Lumsden,  Charles,  minister  at  Dudingstoun,  452. 

Lundie,  Thomas,  Vtrum  Episcopus  Koma7tus  sit 
Antichristvs  necne  ?  1602,  456. 

Luvul,  George,  218. 

Lyndsay  and  Lyndesay,  see  Lindsay. 

McCalyeane,  Henry,  2S3  ;  2S5. 

McCowan,  John,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  I41. 

McCrie,  Thomas,  Life  of  Melville,  quoted,  222  ; 

324  ;  360  ;  361  ;  406 ;  443  ;  446  ;  456  ;  467  ; 

486  ;  503  :  Life  of  A'no.x,  quoted,  230  ;  361. 
Mackenzie,  Dr.  George,  quoted,  138. 
Mackenzie,    Sir    James,    book    formerly    in    his 

library,  339. 
Mackcy,  Charles,  assists  Ames,  4. 
McLauchlan,   Rev.  Thomas,  LL.D.,  edits  Cars- 
well's  Liturgy,  232. 
Maddeis  Lamcntatioun,  by  Robert  Sempill,  1570, 

245. 
Maddeis  IVoclamattoun,  268. 
Maidment,  James,  Advocate,  266. 
Maitland  Club,  works  printed  by,  177. 
Maitland,   John,   first    Lord    Thirlestane,   Latin 

verses  by,  366  ;  dedication  to,  409  ;  420. 
Maitland,  Thomas,  edits  reprint  of  Bellenden's  • 

Cronihlis,  13 1. 
Maitland,  William,  of  Lelhington,  204;  245;  247. 
Major,   John,    Historia    Britanniae,    woodcut    of 

Scottish  Arms  in,   109. 
Major-Banks,  Bessie,  relict  of  John  Spottiswood, 

280. 


Index. 


525 


Makgill,  Sir  James,  of  Nether  RanUeillour,  227. 
Makwilzie,  John,  autograph  in  Aberdeen  Breviary, 

97- 
Malcolm,  J.,  Epigrams  by,  365  ;  366. 
Man,  Thomas,  bookseller,  Lonclon,  409. 
Marprebtc   Controversy,    396  ;  398  ;   399  ;   400  ; 

404  ;  412. 
Marr,  Earl  of,  see  Erskine. 
Martin,  Richard,  dedication  to,  391. 
ji/artyre  de  Marie  Key  lie  d^Esiossiy  by  A.  Black- 
wood, 1587,  513. 
Mary,    Oueen   of  Scots,    223  ;    226  ;   232  ;   238  ; 

251  ;  274  ;  510  ;  513  ;  book  formerly  belonging 

to,  229. 
Massclin,  Robert,  French  printer,  230. 
Masson,  J.,  De  Libera  Arbi/Ho,  1597,  439. 
Masterton,  Gilbert,  bookseller,  Edinburgh,  385  ; 

48r. 
Maulc,  John,  Baron  of  Exchequer,  339. 
Maunsell,  Andrew,  Ca/alogiie  of  English  Bookes, 

quoted,  209  ;  365  ;  390 ;  422  ;  427. 
Maying  or  Disport  of  CItaiuer,  1 508,  56  ;  perhaps 

the  first  book  printed  in  Scotland,  60. 
Maynyal,  William,  prints  for  Caxton,  29. 
Meadow,  Archdeacon,  of  "The  Book  Hunter," 

198. 
Meditatiovii,  by  King  James  VI.,  1589,  366. 
Meikle-Jergeray,  Life-rent  of  lands  of,  purchased 

by  Chepman,  16. 
Melville,    Andrew,    his    predecessor   in   Glasgow 

University,    216  ;  verses  by,  323  ;  409  ;  422  ; 

requests  Smeton  to  reply  to   Hamilton,  343  ; 

'ZTe(^a.vL(jKLOv,     1590)     411  ;     Priiicipis     Scoti- 

Britannorviii  A'alalia,  1 594,  427  ;  presides  at 

disputations,  433  ;  439  ;  450  ;  454  ;  456  ;  457  ; 

Scliolastica  Diatnha,  1599,  446. 
Melville,    Elizabeth,    Lady   Culross,    Ane  Godlie 

Dreanie,  1603,  498  ;  499  ;  1606,  505. 
Melville,  Elizabeth,  Lady  Cumrie,  dedication  to, 

444. 
Melville,  James,  Diarji,  quoted,  265 ;  A  Spiritvall 

Propine,  15S9,  405  ;  dedication  to,  457. 
Melvin,  Captain,  204. 
Memorial  of  two   ~vorthye    Christians,  by  John 

Davidson,   1595,  430. 
Meroiire  of  an    Chrstiane,    by    Robert   Norwell, 

1561,  208. 
Methven,  Lord,  see  Stewart,  nenr)\ 
Michaelius,  Joannes,  dedication  to,  225. 
Michel,    Francisque,   Les    Eeeossais    en    France, 

quoted,  377. 
Mierbeck,  Tobias,  Theses  physica,  1600,  495. 
Miller,  W.  H.,  of  Craigentinny,  177  ;   187  ;  261  ; 

339;  340;  371  ;  /^i;  <7/j<;  Britwell. 
Mindes  Melodie,  1605,  503. 

Mitchell,  Professor  A.  F.,  introduction  to  Hamil- 
ton's Catechisine,  165. 
Montgomery,   Alexander,   The  Chen-ie  And  The 

Sloe,  1597,  440. 
Montrose,  Earls  of,  see  Graham. 
Monypenny,  John,  Certainc  Matters,  470. 
Morall  Fabillis  of  Esope   in   Scottis  Meter,    by 

Robert  Henryson,   1570,  203;  240. 
jloreson,  Thomas,  Tapatvs,  1594,  427. 


Moresone,  Samuel,  autograph  in  New  Actis,  118. 
Morton,  Andrew,  Theses  Theologicir,  1602,  457. 
Morton,  Earl  of,  see  Douglas,  James, 
-Mostyn,    Lord,   book   in   his  library,  described, 

177. 
Moulin,  Jehan,  book-covers  with  his  device,  47. 
Multoniiii  voeabiiloriiin  eijiiivoconim  inlerprelatio, 

by  J.  de  Garlandia,  q.v. 
Murray,   Earl  of.  Tomb  in  St.  Giles's,  20;  see 

.Stewart,  James. 
Murray,   Dr.   James  A.    H.,   edits   Complaynt  of 

Scotland,    137;    description    of,    quoted,    140; 

on  the  author  and  place  of  printing,  145. 
Murray,  John,  Sonnet  by,  459. 
Murray,   John   Archibald,   of   Henderland,   book 

in  his  library,  described,  223. 
Muschet,  George,  The  Complaint  Of  A  Christian 

Soz'le,  1610,  507. 
Musculus,  Wolfangus,  Tlie  temporisour,  1584,390. 
Musselburgh,  Battle  of,  137. 
My  Lord  Mctlnuenis  tragedie,  by  Robert  Sempill, 

1572.  253- 

Myddleton,  Henry,  stationer,  London,  395. 

Myllar,  Androw,  Patent  to,  discovered,  2;  volume 
of  pieces  printed  by  him  discovered,  6  ;  copy 
of  King  James  IV.  Patent  to,  7  ;  comments 
on  the  Patent,  8  ;  coadjutor  of  Chepman  in 
establishing  printing,  10;  16;  is  paid  for  books 
furnished  to  the  king,  25  ;  books  bought  from 
his  wife,  25  ;  last  mention  of  his  name,  25  ; 
a  bookseller,  25  ;  abroad  in  1 507,  26  ;  selected 
by  the  king  to  introduce  printing,  26  ;  prints 
several  books  within  seven  months  after  the 
date  of  the  patent,  27  ;  in  France,  28 ;  his 
device  found  in  Expos.  Sequent.,  28:  French 
origin  of  his  device,  29  ;  his  name  found  in 
colophon  to  Garlandia,  29  ;  part  taken  by  him 
in  producing  these  works,  30 ;  bibliographical 
description  of  his  French  works,  32 ;  a  practical 
printer,  43  ;  his  device  described,  47  ;  books 
printed  by  him  described,  49 ;  his  position 
during  the  printing  of  the  Breviary,  98. 

Mylot,  Thomas,  dedication  to,  434. 

Napier,  John,  A  Plaint  Discouery  of  the  Reiula- 

tion,  1593,  424. 
Nassau,  George,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  461. 
Nc-iu  Actis  and  Constitntionis,  1541-2,  109. 
Ne-,u  ballet,  by  Robert  Sempill,  1572,  254. 
Nciii  Godly  garden,  1584,  390. 
Ne7ve  Testament,  1576,  311. 
NcTue  Treatise,  by  Robert  Pont,  1599,  446. 
Newton,  Thomas,  435. 
Norton,  John,  425. 
Norwell,  Bessie,  289. 
Norwell,  Catherine,  wife  of  Thomas  Bassandyne, 

275  ;  289  :  and  of  Robert  Smyth,  476  ;  death 

and  will,  476. 
Norwell,  James,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  277 ;  278  ; 

285  :  286. 
Norwell,  Robert,    The  Meroure  of  an  Chrslitute, 

1561,  20S. 
Nottingham,   The  Royall  Enlertainmeni  Of  The 

Earle  of,   1605,  504. 


526 


Index. 


Nova    Tragico    Comocdia,    by   Andrew   German, 
1582,  512. 

Oliver  &  Boyd's  Guide  to  Ediiibiir<;/i ,  quoted,  291. 
On  the  Lords  Prater,  by  William  Perkins,  1593, 

425. 
Onomasticon  Poelzcvni,  by  Thomas  Jack,  1 592,  422. 
Oration  motie  hy  master  T.  de  Beze,  1 56 1,  210. 
Ordour  arid  Doctrine  of  the  Generall  Fastc,  1566, 

230;  1574,  262;  1595-96,  372- 
Ordovre  of  Excomin-jnicatiov}t,  1 569,  239;   1595' 

96,  372- 
Origuela,  printing  in,  215. 
Orpheus  and  Eurydice,  see  Tale  of. 
Oxford    Libraries,   see  Bodleian  ;   Corpus  Christi 

College. 

Paget,  Lords  Thomas  and  William,  Epistles  to, 

449- 
Pali  nod,  by  John  Colville,  1600,  494. 
Palmer,  David,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  289. 
Palyce  of  Honour,  by  Gawin  Douglas,  133;  1579, 

340- 
Panter,  Patrick,  Chepman  employed  in  his  office, 

13- 

Papatvs,  by  Thomas  Moreson,  1594,  427. 

Paraphrasis  Chabakkvki  Poctica,  1610,  508. 

Paraphrasis  qttinti  Capitis  Jescha/iiae,  1609,  507. 

Paris,  printing  in,  79. 

Parte  of  a  register,  468. 

Parws  Catecliistnvs,  by  Robert  Pont,  IS73>  258. 

Pasquillorttm  versus  aliquot,  156S1  224. 

Paton,  George,  assists  Herbert,  5  ;  book  formerly 

in  his  library',  141. 
Pehlis,  Thrie  Tailes  of  the  thrie  Priests  of,  1603, 

500. 
Pelhani,  Lady  Judith,  dedication  to,  391. 
Penry,  John,  A  Treatise,  1590,  411  ;  An  Hvtnblc 

Alotion,  1590,413;  Propositions  translated  hy, 

1591,  41S  ;  A  Briefe  Discovery,  464. 
Perkins,    William,  A  golden   Chaine,   1592,  423  ; 

On  the  Lords  Praier,  1593,  425. 
Perth,  Earl  of,  see  Drumniond,  James. 
Peterborough    Cathedral,    book    in    the    library, 

described,  363. 
Petit,  Jehan,  printer  in  Rouen,  195. 
Philotvs,   Ane  verie  excellent    Treatise  intitulit, 

1603,  500. 
Pigge,  Ralph,  Stationer,  London,  403. 
Pigouchet,  Philippe,  his  Heures,  4;  his  device,  47. 
Pinkcrton,  Jolin,  Ancient  Scottish  Poems,  quoted, 

SOI. 
Pinkie,  Battle  of,  137. 
Pitcairn,   Robert,  Criminal  Tnals,  quoted,  199  ; 

248  ;  291  ;  402  ;  403. 
Plaine    Discoucry    of   the    Reuelation,    by    John 

Napier,   1593,  424. 
Pleasant  Satyre  of  the  three  Kstaitis,  l)y  Sir  David 

Lyndsay,  1594,  369;   1602,  496. 
Pluscardensis,  Liber,  poem  in,  56. 
Polwart,  Andrew,  277  ;  278. 

Pont,    Roliert,   Tarvvs   Calechismvs,    1573,   25S ; 
■     Latin  verses  by,  264  ;  409  ;  to  oversee  i)rinting 

of  the   Bible,   278 ;   calendar  pretixed  to  the 


Bible,  313 ;  321  ;  assists  Davidson  in  a  work, 
410;  A  Ne^ue  Treatise,  1599,  446;  Against 
Sacrilege,  1599,  447  ;  De  Vniom  Britannice, 
1604,  502. 

Pont,  Zachary,  482. 

Porteous  of  Noblenes,  1508,  51. 

Poysonit  Schot,  by  Robert  Sempill,  1 570,  243. 

Premonitioun  to  the  barnis  of  Leith,  1572,  253. 

Preparative  to  marriage,  by  W.  Smith,  1 595,  434. 

Preston,  John,  of  Fenton-Barnes,  453. 

Prettie  Mirrour,  by  William  Lauder,  268. 

Priestfield,  now  Prestonfield,  purchased  by  Chep- 
man, 16. 

Priests  of  Peblis,  The  thrie  Tailes  of  the  thrie, 
1603,  500. 

Principis  Scoti-Britannorvm  Natalia,  1594,  427. 

Problemes  Of  Aristotle,  1595,  429. 

Proclamation,  11'''  June,  1567,  232;  26'''  Jmie, 
1567.  233;  T-^  May,  1568,  238;  1568,  238; 
8*  May,  1570,  241;  5'''  Aug.,  1570,  242; 
27'''  Dec,  1570,  241;  3"'  Oct.,  1572,  258; 
13"'  April,  1573,  30S;  IS"'  July,  1582,  325; 
S"!  March,  1574,  334;  3P'  May,  1575,  338; 

1595.  433;  22"'i  Nov.,  1596,  435;  2"''  Tan., 
1596-7.  436;  8"'  Aug.,  1598,  442;  4*  April, 
1603,  460. 

Promine,  by  .Sir  Patrick  Hume,  1580,  345. 

Prophesies,  see  Whole  Prophesie. 

Propositions  And  Principles  of  Diuinitie,    1591, 

418. 
Psabns,    1565,    220;   [1568?]    307;    1575,    309; 

1594,  368:   1595-96,  371;    1599,  487;   1596, 

493;   1603,  499. 
Psalmes,    Ane   Cofeuilious   bulk  of  godlie,    1578, 

338  ;  1600,  4S7. 
Psalmes,    The  Mindes   Melodie,    Contayning  cer- 

tayne,    1 605,   503. 
Public  Record  Office,  broadsheets  in,   described, 

232  ;  234  ;  235  ;  238  ;  239  ;  242  ;  243  ;  244  ; 

245 ;  246 ;   247  ;  248  ;  261  ;  262  ;  267  ;  26S ; 

307 ;   30S  ;  382  ;  435  ;  436  ;  439  ;  441 ;  442  r 

443  ;  466;  510. 
Pulleyn,  Valleran,  translator  of  The  temporisottry 

390- 
Pynson,  Richard,  woodcut  used  by,  79. 

Quastiones  De  Foedere  Dei,  by  Robert  Rollock, 

1596,  373- 

Quaritch,  Bernard,  purchases  vellum  copy  of  The 
Knightly  Tale,  50 ;  on  type  of  The  Geste  of 
Robyn  Node,  75;  purchases  James  V.'s  copy 
of  Bellenden's  Croniklis,  132;  books  in  his 
possession  described,  166;  173;  249. 

Qvcstions  To  Be  Kesolvit,  1597,  441. 

Quin,  Walter,  Sertvm  Poeticvm,  1600,  452  j  son- 
net by,  459. 

KatclilVe,  John,  book  formerly  in  his  library,  de- 
scribed, 501. 

Rauf  coihear,  1 572,  woodcut  on  title,  179;  work 
described,  255. 

Ravennas,  I'elrus,  Compendium,  75. 

Rawlinson,  Richard,  books  formerly  in  his  libraryi 
496;  SOJ- 


Index. 


527 


Mecantation  Of  Maistcr  Patrik  Adaiiuone,  1598, 

511. 
Regentts  tragedte,  by  Robert  Seiiipill,  1570,  244. 
Jiegisle:r,  A  Parle  of  iz,  468. 
Register  of  the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland^  quotetl, 

'153;  15s;  286;  287;  288;  314. 
Register  of  the  Privy  Seal,  quoted,  17  ;  275  ;  481. 
Registriun  Afagni  Sigilli  Keguin  Scotorwu,  quoted, 

16;   18;   19. 
Regulations,  by  Sir  William  Drury,  IS73,  261. 
Reid,  Sir  John,  alias  Stobo,  employed  along  with 

Chepman  as  a  clerk,  13. 
Reioynder,  by  Alexander  Hume,  467. 
Reply  Against  Gilbert  Browne,  by  John  Welsh, 

1602,'  457. 
Renitn  Sioticaruni  Hiitoria,  by  George  Buchanan, 

1582,  323- 
Ressoning  hetmx  the  Abbote  of  Crosragiicll  and 

John  Knox,  1563,  216. 
Reveille-Matin  des  Francois,  1574,  512. 
Reynolds,  William,  455. 
Riccardton,  James  Wardlaw  of,  16. 
Ritson,   Joseph,    book    formerly    in    his    library, 

described,  340. 
Robertson,    George,    Theses  fhilosophicae,    1596, 

373 ;     Vitae   dr^   mortis   R.    Rolloci  narratio, 

1599.  375-  .. 

Robertson,  William,  discovers  the  Patent  or 
Privilege  to  Chepman  and  Myllar,  2 ;  on 
Lekpreuik's  privileges,  273. 

Robyn  Hode,  see  Gest  of  Robyn  Hode. 

Rodd,  Thomas,  purchases  Coinplaynt,  141. 

Rodgers,  Dr.  Daniel,  his  letter  to  Buchanan, 
380. 

RoUand,  John,  Ane  Treatise  callit  the  Conrt  of 
Venvs,  1575,  335  ;  TJie  Setiin  Seages,  157S, 
339;  1592-S,  485;  T/ie  Priests  of  Peblis 
ascribed  to  him,  501. 

Rollock,  Hercules,  De  Avgvstissimo  lacobi  6. 
Epithalainivm,  1589,  367 ;  verses  by,  3S9 ; 
422. 

Rollock,  P.,  verses  by,  497. 

Rollock,  Robert,  Latin  verses,  323  ;  422  ;  Quas- 
tiones  De  Foedere  Dei,  1596,  373  ;  Vitae  &' 
mortis  R.  Rolloci  narratio,  1599,  375;  Certaine 
Sermons,  1599,  376 ;  /«  Epistolam  Ad 
Ephesios,  1590,  413 ;  In  Librvm  Danielis, 
1591,  419;  Analysis  Dialectica,  1594,  42S ; 
De  yEterna  Mentis  Divinae  Approbatione, 
1594,  429;  Trcutatvs  De  Vocatione,  1597, 
441 ;  In  Epistolam  ad  Thessalonicenses,  1598, 
443  ;  An  Exposition  Vpon  Psalincs,  1 600,  452; 
Comntentarivs   in   Epistolam    ad   Colossenses, 

1600,  453  ;  Analysis  Logica,  1605,  503  ; 
Lectvres  Vpon  Thessalonians,  1606,  505 ; 
Coinmentarins     in     Evangelium      secuiuium 

Joannem,    1599,    511. 
Roman   Catholic    Bishops   in    Scotland,   book   in 

their  library  described,   175. 
Roman  type,  its  earliest  use  in  Scotland,  122. 
Rose,  John,  verses  by,  507. 
Ross,  Andrew,  complained  against  by  Che])man, 

84  J   probably  related   to  John   Ross,  printer, 

327- 


Ross,  John,  printer,  327 ;  a  bookbinder,  32S ; 
prints  for  H.  Charteris,  203;  328;  349;  death, 
328  ;  device,  328  ;  no  t;reek  types  in  hLs  plant, 
329 ;  inventory  of  his  effects,  329 ;  his  works 
described,  334  ;  doulnful  work  described,  363. 

Rothes,  Earl  of,  see  Leslie,  Andrew. 

Rouen,  printing  in,  4  ;  29. 

Koxburghe,  Duke  of,  see  Ker,  John. 

Royall  Entertainment  Of  The  Earte  of  Notting- 
ham, 1605,  504. 

Rudiliman,  Thos.,  furnishes  account  of  j5r«;/aW«« 
Aberdonense,  90. 

Rudimenta  Artis  Grammaticcu,  by  John  Vaus, 
1566,  230. 

Rudimenta  Grammatices,  by  Andrew  Simson, 
1587,  510. 

Rvdimenta  Pictatis,  by  Andrew  Duncan,  1595,  431. 

Russell,  John,   Verba,  1590,414. 

Rutherford,  John,  Comnientarii  De  Arte  Dis- 
sereiuii,   1577,  359. 

Ruthven,  John,  third  Earl  of  Gowrie,  428 ;  450 ; 

494 ;  496. 

Rulhven,  R,-iid  of,  266. 

Rynd,  William,  of  Carse,  283  ;  284  ;  286. 

Sacrifice  Of  A  Christian  Soule,  1591,  420. 

St.  Andrew,  legend  of  advent  of  relics  of,  100. 

St.  Andrews,  printing  at,  3;  150;  155;  161;  165; 
170;  205;  249;  251;  260;  account  of  revenue 
of  Archbishop  of,  118;  see  also  Adamson, 
Patrick  ;  Hamilton,  John. 

.St.  Andrews  University,  books  in  the  library 
described,  165  ;  257  ;  265  ;  344  ;  360  ;  420  ; 
423  ;  425  ;  433  ;  442  ;  444  ;  454  ;  460  ;  498  ; 
504  ;  506  ;  Theses  disputed  in,  433  ;  439  ; 
446  ;  450  ;  454  ;  456  ;  457  ;  461  ;  495. 

.St.  Bartholomew,  Massacre  of,  254. 

.St.  Giles's  Church,  Edinburgh,  aisle  erected  by 
Chepman,  18;  mortuary  chapel  endowed  by 
Chepman,  19  ;  Chepman's  burial  in,  20 ; 
Chepman's  tomb  in,  20 ;  chaplaincy  at  altar 
of  St.  John  in  Chepman's  aisle  endowed,  21. 

St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  books  in,  ile- 
scribed,   i8o ;  220. 

Saint  Peters  Complaint,  by  Robert  .Southwell,  473. 

.St.  Regulus,  brings  relics  of  .St.  Andrew  to  Scot- 
land, 100. 

Salisbury,  Liturgical  Books  of  .Sarum  use,  4 ;  8 ; 
9 ;  Chepman  prevents  their  importation,  83  ; 
Breviarium  Aberdonense  intended  to  supersede 
Sarum  use,  86. 

Saluste,  Guillaume  de,  .Sieur  du  Bartas,  The 
Historic  Of  Jvdith,  1 584,  382;  3S8  ;  trans- 
lations of  poems  by  James  VL,  417;  translates 
The  Lepanto,  418  ;  De  Mvndi  Creatioiu,  1600, 

453- 

.Sanctandreanus,  Peter,  printer  in  Heidelberg,  512. 

Sandilands,  Lady  Alison,  of  Hormistoun,  dedi- 
cation to,  386. 

Satyre  Of  The  Thrie  Estaits,  by  Sir  David 
Lyndsay,  1594,  369;  1602,  496. 

Schediasmata,  by  Sir  Adrian  Damman,  1590,  409. 

Seholastica  Diatriba,  by  Andrew  Melville,  1599, 
446.. 


528 


Index. 


Scot,  John,  contemporarj'  of  Thomas  Davidson, 
109:  Scottish  Printer,  150;  may  have  printed 
in  England,  152;  obtains  premises  in  Edin- 
burgh, 152;  in  Dundee,  152;  order  for  his 
apprehension,  153  ;  favoured  by  the  prelatic 
party,  153;  statute  directed  against  him,  154; 
his  name  appears  on  few  of  his  works,  155  ; 
prints  Hamilton's  Catechism  at  St.  Andrews, 
155  ;  probably  printed  Acts,  155  ;  prints  for 
the  reformed  party,  155;  imprisoned,  156; 
prints  for  H.  Charteris,  156  ;  177  ;  179  ;  348  ; 
the  fate  of  his  plant,  156 ;  his  device  described, 
157  ;  his  dated  works,  161  ;  his  undated  works, 
183. 

Scot,  or  Skot,  John,  printer  in  London,  150. 

Scot,  William,  of  Ely,  dedication  to,  505. 

Scotland,  The  Lanientatiotl  of  Lady,  1572,  254. 

Scotland,  The  laincntcUio  of  tlie  coiuounis  of,  1572, 

253- 

Scots  College  at  Paris,  Aberdeen  Breviary  for- 
merly in,  97. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter,  The  Antiquary,  quoted,  141. 

Scott,  William,  dedications  to,  444  ;  457. 

Scry'mgeour,  John,  of  Glastrae,  Constable  of 
Dundee,   152. 

Sea-Lam  of  Scotland,  by  William  Welwood, 
1590,  414. 

Sege  of  the  castel  of  Edinbiirgli,  by  Robert 
Sempill,   1573,  262. 

Seinreur,  Alex.,  burgess  of  Edinburgh,  277  ;  278. 

Sempill,  Robert,  Testament  of  King  Henrie 
Ste-wart,  1 567,  233 ;  Exhortatioiin  to  the 
Lordis,  1567,  234;  Dcclaratioun  of  the  Lordis 
iiisi  ijuarrell,  1567,  234;  Ballat  declaring  the 
gifdc  inclinatioitn  of  our  King,  1567,  235  ; 
Ane  Tragedie,  1570,  242  ;  The  Poysonit  Schot, 
1570,  243  ;  The  Kegentis  tragedie,  1 570,  244  ; 
The  Cruikit  liedis  the  blindc,  1570,  244;  The 
Admonitioun  to  the  Lordis,  1 570,  245  ;  Maddiis 
Lamentatioun,  1570,  245  ;  Exhortatioun  to  all 
plesaml  thingis,  1 570,  246  ;  The  Spur  to  the 
Lordis,  1570,  246;  The  Bird  in  the  Cage, 
1570,  246;  l^he  hailsoine  admonitioun,  1570, 
247  ;  Tlie  tressoun  of  Dunbartane,  1570,  247  ; 
Exhortatioun  to  the  Lordis,  1 571,  250; 
Bischoppis  lyfe  and  testament,  1 571,  251  ; 
My  Lord  Methtuenis  Tragedie,  1572,  253 ; 
Ane  ne-i'  ballet,  1572,  254;  The  Sege  of  the 
castel,  1573,  262;  Ane  Exhortatiovn  Derect  to 
my  Lord  Jiegent,  267  ;  The  Kingis  Complaint, 
267  ;  Ihe  Complaint  of  Scotland,  267  ;  Ane 
Complaint  vpon  Fourtoun,  272. 

Sequentiarum,  sec  Expositio, 

Serenissimi  lacobi  'ZTt(^ava(pkpM,  by  Sir  Thomas 
Craig,   1603,  497. 

Sermon,  by  David  Ferguson,  1572,  256. 

Sermons,  by  Robert  Bruce,  1591,  415. 

Sermons  Vpon  The  Sacrament,  by  Robert  Bruce, 
463- 

Sertvm  Tocticvm,  by  Walter  Quin,  1600,  452. 

Seton,  Alexander,  Lord  Ur(iuhart  and  Kyvie, 
dedication  to,  447. 

Scton,  Isabella,  daughter  of  Robert,  first  Earl  of 
Wintoun,  verses  on  her  marri.ige,  506. 


Seuin  Seages,  by  John  Rolland,  1 578,  339;  1592-5, 

4S5. 
Shakspere  and  Typography,  by  William   Blades, 

quoted,  3S4. 
Sharp,  John,  Theses  Theologicic,  1600,  454. 
Sharp,  John,  Advocate,  dedication  to,  454. 
Sharp,  Patrick ,  verses  by,  422  ;  Doctrinae  Chris- 

tianae  cxplicatio,  1599,  448. 
Short  and gcncrall  confession,  5 10. 
Short  Discovrse,  by  Sir  William  Alexander,  1600, 

449- 
Short  Exposition,  by  John  Howesoun,  1600,  451. 
Shorte  Svmme  Of  The  Whole  Catechisme,  by  John 

Craig,  1 58 1,  360. 
Sibbald,    James,    Chronicle    of  Scottish    Poetry, 

quoted,   501. 
Sicke  Mans  Salve,  by  Thomas  Beacon,  1584,  387. 
Sidney,  Sir  Philip,    The  Covntcsse  Of  Panbrokei 

Arcadia,  1599,  448. 
Signet  Library,  Edinburgh,  books  in,  described, 

165. 
Simes,  N.   P.,  of  Strood   Park,   Horsham,   book 

formerly  in  his  library  described,  165. 
Sinison,  Andrew,  Rudinunta  Crammatices,  1587, 

510. 
Singleton,  Hugh,  printer  in  London,  475. 
Sinker,  Robert,  English  Works  in  Trinity  College, 

Cambridge,  quoted,  263  ;  412  ;  464  ;  468. 
Sinners  Sleep,  l)y  Henoch  Claphani,  1596,  434. 
Skene,   Gilbert,   Ane  Breve  Descriptiovn   of  the 

Pest,  1568,  236;  tract  attributed  to  him,  347. 
Skene,  James,  of  Westercorse,  237. 
Skene,  .Sir  John,  privilege  granted  to  him,  400; 

edits  Actes,  1597,  437  ;  De  verbortim  significa- 

tionc,  1597,  437  ;   1599,  444. 
Slains  Castle,  books  in  the  library,  described,  414; 

441  ;  444. 
Slater,   Androw,    Master   of  the   hospital,   Edin- 
burgh,  316. 
.Smeton,    Thomas,    Moderator    of    the    Generall 

Assembly,  313;  Ad  Virvlentvm  A.  Hantiltonii 

Dialogvm  Responsio,  1579,  342. 
.Smith,  H.,  A  preparative  to  marriage,  1 595,  434. 
.Smyth,  David  and  Issobell,  482. 
Smyth,  H.,  Certain  Sermons,  473. 
.Smyth,  John,  of  Westbury,  475. 
Smyth,   Robert,   Librar,    Burgess   of  Edinburgh, 

2S9  ;   notice  of  his  life,  475  ;   apprenticed   ta 

Singleton,  475  ;  commences  business  in  Edin- 
burgh, 475;  twice  married,  476;  his  lirst  wife's 

death   and    will,    476 ;   obtains   licence,    480 ; 

death,  482  ;  inventory  of  his  stock,  482 ;  his 

works  described,  4S5. 
Society  of  Antiquaries,    London,   broadsheets  in 

the  library   described,   242  ;  243  ;  244  ;   245  ; 

246;  251;  253;  254;  258;  262;  308;  338; 

436. 
Sommons  To  Doomes-daie,  by  Henoch  Clapham, 

1595.  429- 
Sonnets,  Amoretti,  or,  1595,  511. 
.Southgait,     Edinburgh,    printing    oflice    in,    16; 

dcscri|ition   of   books    printed    by    Chcpman 

and  Myllar  in,  49. 
.Southwell,  Robert,  Saint  Peters  Complaint,  473. 


Index. 


529 


Speir,  Sara,  dedication  to,  433. 

Spencer,  Earl,  book  in  his  library  described,  323. 

Spans,  Richard,  288. 

Spira,  John  and  Vindelin  de,  privileges  granted 

to,  9. 
Spiritvall  Propine,  by  James  Melville,  1589,  405. 
Spotswood,  John,  Advocate  and  Professor  of  Law, 

author  of  preface  to  Watson's  History,  2. 
Spottiswood,  Jolyi,  burgess  in  Edinburgh,  289. 
Spur  to   the   Lordis,    by    Robert  Senipill,    1570, 

246. 
Stanbrigius,  Vocabula,  2^  ;  1596,435. 
Staiioners'   Registers,    quoted,    377  ;    378 ;    381  ; 

382  ;   383  ;'  384  ;   394  ;   395  ;   396  ;  397  ;  400  ; 

403  ;  404  ;  467  ;  469  ;  470  ;  475. 
'S.Tiifia.vi.aKiov ,  by  Andrew  Melville,  1590,  411. 
Stevinsoun,  Andro,  treasurer,  Edinburgh,  315. 
Stewart,  Lord  Barnard,  Ballade  on,  63  ;  Elegy  on 

his  death,  64. 
Stewart,  Francis,  fifth  Earl  of  Bothwell,  dedica- 
tions to,  265  ;  324  ;  416. 
Stewart,  Henry,  Lord  Darnley,  223  ;  233  ;  235  ; 

268  ;  291. 
Stewart,  Henry,  second  Lord  Methven,  253. 
Stewart,   James,    Earl   of  Murray,    and    Regent, 

203;   214;  233;  235;   238;  243;  244;  245; 

246 ;  247  ;  267. 
Stewart,   John,    fourth    Earl   of  AthoU   (Stewart 

Line  of  Lorn),  burial  place  of,  20. 
Stewart,    Ludovick,    second    Duke    of    Lennox, 

dedication  to,  472. 
Stewart,   Matthew,  fourth  Earl  of  Lennox  (Line 

of  Stewart),  205  ;  242. 
Stewart,  William,  Lyon   King  at  Arms,  Stanzas 

by,  221  ;  translates  Am  Breif  Gatluring,  222. 
Stirling,  Royal  Chapel  at,  15;  printing  in,  204; 

249  ;  250;  251. 
Stirling,  Earl  of,  see  Alexander,  Sir  William. 
Stobo,  see  Reid,  Sir  John. 
Stoddart,  R.  R.,  Scottish  Arms,  quoted,  21. 
Story,  John,  printer  in  Edinburgh,  100. 
Strathmore,  Earl  of,  books  in  his  library  described, 

96 ;   100. 
Strena  ail  Jacobum   Quintum  de  suscepto  Regni 

Regimine,   121. 
Stvdiorvm  Pverilivm  Clavis,  by  Andrew  Duncan, 

1597.  43s. 
Stule,    Charles,     Office    of    Our   Lady    of   Pity, 

printed  at  his  command,   100. 
SuK  Qeuiv  xpKrrifj,  by  T.  Cartwright,  1602,  455. 
Sykes,  Sir  Mark  Masterman,  book  formerly  in  his 

library,  452. 
.Sym,  William,  complained  against  by  Chcpman, 

84. 
Syr  Eglamonre  of  Artoys,    54 ;   entered   in   the 

Day  Book  of  John  Dome,  55. 

Taill  of  Rauf  coilzear,  1572,  254. 

Tale  of  Orpheus  and  Eurydice,  by  Robert  Henry- 
son,  63. 

Taylor,  W.  L.,  book  in  his  library  described,  500. 

Taymouth  Castle,  book  in  the  library  described, 
217. 

Temporisour,  by  Wolfangus  Musculus,  1584,  390. 


Testament  and  Coinplaynt  of  our  Souerane  Lordis 

I'apyngo,   by   Sir   1).    Lyndsay,   191  ;   London 

edition,   195. 
Testament  and  Tragedie  of  King  Henrie  Steumrl, 

by  Robert  Sempill,  1567,  233. 
Testament  of  Cresseid,  by  Robert  Henryson,  1593, 

368. 
Testament  of  Maistir  Andro  Kennedy,  by  William 

Dunbar,  67. 
Thackwell,  printer  in  Wales,  396. 
TheoJolus,  printed  by  L.  Hostingue,  42. 
Theses  philosophic,!-,  by  George  Rol)ertson,  1596, 

373  ;  Ijy  William  Craig,   1 599,  375  ;  by  John 

Adamson,  1600,  493;  by  I).  Wilkic,  1603,  461. 
Theses physiciT,  by  Tobias  \Iierbeck,  1600,  495. 
Theses    Theologicc,  by  John   Sharp,    1600,   454  ; 

by  Andrew  Morton,  1602,  457. 
Thirlestane,  see  Fleming  ;  Maitland. 
Thomesoune,    Margaret,   spouse   of  John   Kello, 

248. 
Thomson,  Abram,  bookbinder,   premises  burned 

down,  50. 
Thorpe,  Thomas,  Seuin  Stages  purchased  by,  340. 
Thrie  Tailes  of  the  thrie  Priests  of  Peblis,  1603, 

500. 
To  his  loving  Brethren,  by  John  Knox,  1571,  204; 

250. 
Tod,   Alisoun,   mother  of  Thomas  Bassandyne, 

275  ;  289. 
Tod,  Hugh,  clerk  to  Lord  Ruthven,  275  ;  289. 
Toovey,  James,  reprints  Aberdeen  Breviary,  97. 
Tournes,  Jean  de,  printer  at  Lyons,  iSo. 
Tractatvs  De  Vocatione,  by  Robert  Rollock,  1597, 

441. 
Tragedie  in  forme  of  ane  Diallog,   by   Robert 

.Sempill,   1570,  242. 
Tragedie  Of  Darivs,  by  Sir  William  Alexander, 

1603,  458. 
Tragedie  oj  the   Cardinall,  by  Sir  D.   Lyndsay, 

191  ;  printed  before  1551,  195. 
Treatise,  by  John  Penry,  1590,  411. 
Treatise  callit  the  Court  of  Venvs,  by  John  Rol- 

land,  :57s,  335. 
Treatise    Of    Conscience,    by   Alexander    Hume, 

1594,  425- 
Treatise  of  the  Felicitie  of  the  life  to  come,   by 

Alexander  Hume,   1594,  426. 
Trcssoun    of  Dunbartane,    by   Robert    Sempill, 

1570,  247. 
Treveris,  Peter,  woodcut  in  his  Polycronicon,  115. 
Treiu  copie  of  the  mutuall  band,  1573,  261. 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  books  in,  described, 

225  ;  226  ;   250  ;  263  ;  324  ;  344  ;  345  ;  361 ; 

390;  392;  40S;  410;  412;  413;  418;  420; 

423 ;  42s ;  442 ;  447 ;  449 ;  45° ;  465 ;  466 ; 
468. 

Trve  Lawe  of  free  Motiarchies,  by  King  James 

VL,  1598,  443- 
Trve   Reportarie    Of    The    Baptisme    of  Pnnce 

Henry,  471. 
Tucker,   La    Typologie,   receives   letter   from   A. 

Claudin,  29. 
TurnbuU,  W.  B.  D.  D.,  edits  Birnie's  Blame  of 

Kirk-Burial,  505. 


3S 


530 


Index. 


Tusser,  Thomas,   Fine  Inmdreth  pointes  of  gooii 

husbamlrie,  1599,  449. 
Twa  JMarrit  Wtincn  and  the  Wedo,  by  William 

Dunbar,  64. 
"Twa-Penny  Faith,"  described,  196. 
Tyrie,  James,  Jesuit,  252. 

Ungle,  Edward,  apprentice  to  Waldegrave,  395. 
Utrum  Episcopits  Romaniis  sit  AntichrUtvs  necnc  ? 
by  Thomas  Lundie,  1602,  456. 

Varamund,  Ernest,  De  Fvroritnis  Gallicis,  1573, 
512. 

Vaus,  John,  publishes  his  grammar  in  France,  102 ; 
Rudimcnta  Artis  Gratnmaticac,  1566,  230. 

Vautrollier,  Thomas,  printer,  mentioned,  314; 
349  >  360  ;  notice  of  his  life,  377  ;  in  London, 
378 ;  removes  to  Scotland,  379 ;  returns  to 
London,  381 ;  again  removes  to  Scotland,  3S2; 
prints  for  the  king,  382  ;  returns  to  London, 
382  ;  death,  382 ;  his  wife  finishes  certain 
books,  383  ;  his  successor,  383  ;  probable 
connection  with  Shakspere,  384 ;  his  devices, 
384  ;  his  works  described,  3S6. 

Vellum,  books  printed  on,  50  ;  117  ;  131. 

^'enice,  privilege  granted  by  Senate  of,  9. 

Verba,  by  John  Russell,  1590,  414. 

Verie  excellent  Treatise  intitulit  Philotvs,  1603, 
500. 

Vincent  of  Lerins,  work  of,  translated  by  Winzet, 
176. 

Vimiida:  contra  tyrannos,  by  Hubert  Languet, 
1579,  512. 

^'irgil,  226. 

]''itae  ^f  mortis  R.  Rolloci  iiarratio,  by  George 
Robertson,  1599,  375. 

Vitas  Patrum,  printed  by  W.  de  Worde,  72. 

Vocabiila Magistri Stanhrigii ,  printed  by  Hostingue 
and  Loys,  29  ;  1596,  435. 

Vostre,  Simon,  his  device,  47. 

Waldegrave,  Richard,  Blacklay,  Worcestershire, 

394- 
Waldegrave,  Robert,  printer,  apprenticeship,  394; 
master-printer,  394  ;  fined,  395  ;  connection 
with  Marprelatists,  396 ;  prosecution,  396 ; 
driven  out  of  London,  397  ;  hardships  endured, 
39S  ;  his  plant  destroyed,  399 ;  in  Rochelle, 
400  ;  arrival  in  Scotland,  400  ;  King's  Printer, 
400 ;  accused  of  treason,  400 ;  returns  to 
London,  403  ;  death,  403  ;  device,  403  ; 
various  printing  offices,  403  ;  description  of  his 
dated  works,  405  ;  of  his  undated  works,  463. 


Wallace,  Margaret,  wife  of  Robert  Charteris,  490. 
Wallace,  Sir  William,  sec  Henry  the  Minstrel. 
Walley,  John,  printer  of  Syr  Eglaiitoure,  55. 
Wardlaw,  James,  of  Riccardton,  sells  Priestfield 

to  Chepnian,  16. 
Watson,  James,  History  of  the  Art  of  Printing, 

quoted,  2 ;   Clioice  Collection  of  Scots  Poems, 

472. 
Watson,  Robert,  his  house  rented  by  John  Ross, 

327- 

Wechel,  Andreas,  printer,  377  ;  379. 

Wedderburn,  Complaynt  of  Scotland  attributed  to 
one  of  that  name,  138. 

Welsh,  John,  A  Reply  Against  Gilbert  Browne, 
1602,  457. 

Welwood,  William,  De  Aqua,  1582,  324;  Sea- 
Law  of  Scotland,  1590,  414. 

West,  James,  books  formerly  in  his  library,  122  ; 

345  ;  501- 

II  ho  was  Scotlanifs  First  Printer  ?  quoted,  75. 
U'hole  Prophcsie  of  Scotland,  1 603,  46 1. 
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